Julia Ann Moore
Who is Julia Ann Moore
Julia Ann Moore (née Julia Ann Davis; December 1, 1847 – June 5, 1920) was an American poetaster. Like Scotland's William McGonagall, she is best known for writing notoriously bad poetry.
Biography
Young Julia grew up on her family's Michigan farm, the eldest of four children. When she was ten, her mother became ill, and Julia assumed many of her mother's responsibilities. Her formal education was thereby limited. In her mid-teens, she started writing poetry and songs, mostly in response to the death of children she knew, but any newspaper account of disaster could inspire her.
At age 17, she married Frederick Franklin Moore, a farmer. Julia ran a small store and, over the years, bore ten children, of whom six survived to adulthood. She continued to wri...
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Julia Ann Moore Poems
- Hattie House
Air -- "Lily Dale"
Come all kind friends, wherever you may be,
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- Little Minnie
Air -- "In the Cottage by the Sea"
Come listen to a painful story
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- The Two Brave Soldiers
Air -- "The Texas Rangers"
My friends, I pray you listen,
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- Spring Time Is Coming
Beautiful Spring is coming,
Ah, yes, will soon be here,
For the clear bright sun is shining
All human hearts to cheer.
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- I Wonder Where My Papa Is?
I wonder where my papa is,
Oh, where could he have gone,
I wonder why he does not come
And see his Lilly Long.
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- Mdexcl: mother daughter exchange club episode 35 scene reviews
nicole moore and marley matthews ****1/4
mindi mink and tara morgan ***1/2
raquel sieb, staci karr, and tara morgan ****
julia ann and staci karr ***1/2
- Rorhetorician: isabel allende, a long petal on the sea
casey mcquiston, one last stop
tj klune, under the whispering door
louise erdrich, the night watchman
ann patchett, the dutch house
julia alvarez, afterlife
liz moore, long bright river
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- Melaniejaxn: god grant a merry christmas eve
and happy christmas day,
to every person in the land,
at home or far away.
that festive day will soon be here,
alas, will soon be o'er;
welcome, welcome the coming of
christmas day once more.
-julia ann moore
- Ohsinnerman: julia roberts: pretty woman
meryl streep: the deer hunter
julianne moore: assassins
ertha kitt: ann lucasta
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