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ON A LETTER OF MISS FANSHAWE by WILLIAM COWPER

Poet Analysis

First Line: HER PEN DROPS ELOQUENCE AS SWEET
Last Line: HER WANT OF LATIN OR OF GREEK.
Subject(s): FANSHAWE, CATHERINE (1765-1834);
HER pen drops eloquence as sweet
As any Muse's tongue can speak;
Nor need a scribe, like her, regret
Her want of Latin or of Greek.



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