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ON A LADY WHO SPOKE WITH SOME ILL-NATURE OF AD OF MY LITTLE WORK, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Says pert miss prue
Last Line: And raising such a racket!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ross, Christian
Subject(s): Criticism & Critics; Rhyme; Writing & Writers


Says pert Miss Prue,
There's something new
In Chalmers' weekly papers—
A Shipwright's Wife,
In humble life,
Writes rhyme by nightly tapers!!

That folks of taste
Their time should waste
To read them, makes me wonder!
A low-born fool,
Ne'er bred in school,
What can she do but blunder?

Write rhyme, forsooth!
Upon my truth
'Twill put it out of fashion;
She can but paint,
In colours faint,
Rude Nature's lowest passion.

A wife so mean
Should nurse and clean,
And mend her husband's jacket;
Not spend her time
In writing rhyme,
And raising such a racket!





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