| Page Back | Poems Index | Biography, poems and picture Mary Howitt | | This page is dedicated to this great poet together with a biography, picture and most famous poems | | Concise Biography and Picture | Mary Howitt Nationality - England Lifespan - 1799-1888 Family –Father was Samuel Botham a quaker and surveyor Education – Tutored at home Career - Poet, Quaker and reformer Famous Works of Mary Howitt – The Spider and the Fly | Famous Poems Mary Howitt | The Spider and the Fly The Clock is on the Stroke of Six
| | | Although Mary Howe was famous for writing the Spider and the Fly she was also reputed to have written the poem Hush a bye Baby better known now as a Nursery Rhyme for children. | Page Back | Poems Index | Biography, poems and picture Mary Howitt | |
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