"Mary Had a Little Lamb"

<center> </center> <i>Statue front:</i> <center>Born in Sterling, Mass.</center> <center>Mary Elizabeth Sawyer</center> <center>1806-1889</center> <center>and her little lamb</center> <i>Long side of the base:</i> <center>&#8220;Mary had a little lamb,</center> <center>Its fleece was white as snow,</center> <center>And everywhere that Mary went,</center> <center>The lamb was sure to go.&#8221;</center> <center>. . . John Roulstone</center> <center> </center> <i>Below lamb’s hindquarters:</i> <center> </center> This memorial, commemorating the poem, &#8220;Mary had a little lamb&#8221;, was presented to the Town of Sterling by the Sterling Historical Society. It was made possible by donations from the &#8220;young-in-heart&#8221; everywhere. <center>* * *</center> <center>Dedicated May, 1991</center>