Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (24 Oct 1788 – 30 Apr 1879 | Newport NH – Philadelphia PA) poet, editor, author, letter correspondent, aka Mother of Thanksgiving, author of ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ nursery rhyme.

Pleasant Spring has come again, when Mary had a little lamb, fleece white as snow. How

beautiful the morning when summer days are long, full of wild-bird’s song. The mole is

blind, and under ground. The eagle soars on high, sunbeams in his eye. Both live happy

in their own way. Look! black clouds rise, spread through sky & vivid lightning fills this

sultry day. Fable: The Boy, the Bee, and Butterfly sing when whistling winds are keen &

rude; they have no home, no friends, nor food. A week passed away: nothing is abiding.

Now gloomy winter days with clouds & storms coming on, but our cheerful hearth doth

blaze bright. Checks or cheers we will obey, be silent or rejoice, when evening appears.

For ‘tis from thy bounty that all must be fed. Forgive transgressions: teach us to know!

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell. Poems for Our Children : Including Mary Had a Little Lamb : Designed for Families, Sabbath Schools, and Infant Schools : Written to Inculcate Moral Truths and Virtuous Sentiments. Boston: R. W.. Hale, 1916. https://archive.org/details/poemsforourchild00haleiala/page/n26/mode/1up