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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HARDSHIP PUT UPON LADIES, by JONATHAN SWIFT Poet's Biography
First Line: Poor ladies! Though their business be play
Last Line: And female pleasures be to read and write.
Subject(s): Women
First Line: Poor ladies! Though their business be play
Last Line: And female pleasures be to read and write.
Subject(s): Women
Poor ladies! though their business be to play,
'Tis hard they must be busy night and day:
Why should they want the privilege of men,
And take some small diversions now and then?
Had women been the makers of our laws;
(And why they were not, I can see no cause;)
The men should slave at cards from morn to night;
And female pleasures be to read and write.
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