Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE GIDDY GIRL, by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846)


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First Line: Miss helen was always too giddy to heed
Last Line: And giddy miss helen was drown'd.
Subject(s): Drowning; Girls


MISS Helen was always too giddy to heed
What her mother had told her to shun;
For frequently, over the street in full speed,
She would cross where the carriages run.

And out she would go to a very deep well,
To look at the water below;
How naughty! to run to a dangerous well,
Where her mother forbade her to go!

One morning, intending to take but one peep,
Her foot slipp'd away from the ground;
Unhappy misfortune! the water was deep,
And giddy Miss Helen was drown'd.





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