Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Jane Taylor)

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Jane Taylor (September 23, 1783?April 13, 1824), was an English poet and novelist. She wrote the words for the song Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star in 1806 at age 23, while living in Shilling Street, Lavenham, Suffolk.
The poem is now known world-wide, but its authorship is generally forgotten. It was first published under the title "The Star" in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her older sister Ann (later Mrs. Gilbert). The sisters, and their authorship of various works, have often been confused, in part because their early works were published together.
Ann Taylor's son, Josiah Gilbert, wrote in her biography, 'two little poems--"My Mother," and "Twinkle, twinkle, little Star," are perhaps, more frequently quoted than any; the first, a lyric of life, was by Ann, the second, of nature, by Jane; and they illustrate this difference between the sisters.' See The Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs Gilbert, Formerly Ann Taylor, by Ann Taylor (1782-1866), edited by Josiah Gilbert. Henry S. King & Co. 65 Cornhill, London, 1874.
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