Once as I was riding one morning abroad

DMI number:

7575

First Line:

Once as I was riding one morning abroad

Last Line:

Now guess at the number and tell me the sum

Poem Genre / Form:

Question and Couplet

Themes:

Money / wealth and Science[mathematical question]

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Content/Publication

Title:

Delights for the ingenious [P6193] [March 1711]

Page No(s):

p.106

Poem Title:

Second Question

Attribution:

By Mrs. Mary Dod

Attributed To:

Mary Dod