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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
Related People
Author:
Jonathan Swift
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Swift Poems Project, 662-
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What though fair nymphs your business is to play
Last Line:
And female pleasure be to read and write
Relationship:
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Comments:
Content/Publication
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