...of Independence. FROM THE PROLOGUE TO THE FOUR ELEMENTS. I aм obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For euch despite they cast on female wits ; If what I do prove well, it won't advance — They'll say,...

...noble poet Dana, who traces his lineage through one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. If what I do prove well, it won't advance-- They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance. But this weak knot they will full soon untie— The Greeks did naught...

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...tongue That says my hand a needle better fits ; A p jet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For »uch despite they cast on female wits ; If what I do prove well, it won't advance — They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance But sure, the antique Greeks were far more mild , Else of our sex...

...then they said. (2). From Anne Bradstreet's Four Elements. I am obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits; A Poet's pen all...prove well, it won't advance — They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance. American Notes — Editorial The Harvard "University Begister" recently...

...versifications of history. The opposition to literary pursuits is shown by the statement in her prologue : — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue, Who says my...hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn I thus should wrong. For such despite they cast on female wits, If what I do prove well, it won't advance...

...versifications of history. The opposition to literary pursuits is shown by the statement in her prologue: — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue, Who says my...hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn 1 thus should wrong. For such despite they cast on female wits, If what I do prove well, it won't advance...

...ANNE BRADSTREET. From THE PROLOGUE TO "THE FOUR ELEMENTS." 1 am obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits; A Poet's pen all...prove well, it won't advance— They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance. But sure, the antique Greeks were far more mild, Else of our sex...

...each carping tongue. Who says my liaml a needle butter tits ; A poet's pen all scorn 1 thus should wrong. For such despite they cast on female wits,...do prove well, it won't advance ; They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance." A little poem on her children, and another to a bird in contemplation,...

...and epitaphs ends the book. early day, upon the proper sphere of woman, for Mistress Anne says, — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my...They'll say it's stol'n, or else it was by chance." We print a few lines from "An Elegie upon that Honourable and renowned Knight, Sir Philip Sidney, who...