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Rhymes for the Nursery

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Rhymes for the Nursery is a collection of English poems by sisters Jane and Ann Taylor, published in London in 1806.[1] Probably the best-known poem in it is "'The Star ("Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star").[2][3]

References

  1. ^ b I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 397-8
  2. ^ M. Cryer, Love Me Tender: The Stories Behind the World's Best-loved Songs (Frances Lincoln, 2009), pp. 83-5
  3. ^ "The Star", Representative Poetry Online (RPO), University of Toronto, 2005