Poor ladies though their business be to play
- DMI number:
- 17401
- First Line:
- Poor ladies though their business be to play
- Last Line:
- And female pleasure be to read and write
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- Fate / fortune / providence, Trades / labour, and Women / the female character
- Author:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Swift Poems Project, 662-
- First Line:
- What though fair nymphs your business is to play
- Last Line:
- And female pleasure be to read and write
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams [vol. 2] [T170823]
- Page No(s):
- CDLXV.
- Poem Title:
- Hardship put upon Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of epigrams. [Vol. II] [ESTC T130692]
- Page No(s):
- CDLXV.
- Poem Title:
- Hardship put upon Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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