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PLAYING WITH FIRE by ELIZABETH TURNER (1755-1846)

First Line: THE FRIENDS OF LITTLE MARY GREEN
Last Line: AGAIN, BEFORE SHE DIED!
Subject(s): ACCIDENTS; DEATH - CHILDREN; FIRE; GIRLS; PLAY; DEATH - BABIES;
THE friends of little Mary Green
Are now in deep distress,
The family will soon be seen
To wear a mournful dress!

It seems from litter on the floor,
She had been lighting straws,
Which caught the muslin frock she wore,
A sad event to cause.

Her screams were loud and quickly heard
And remedies applied,
But all in vain, she scarcely stirr'd
Again, before she died!



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