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Subject: OLDFIELD, ANNE (1683-1730)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EPILOGUE TO MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS; SPOKEN BY MRS. OLDFIELD, by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What could luxurious woman wish for more
Last Line: Secure your hearts -- then fool with whom you will.
Alternate Author Name(s): Montagu, Mary Wortley; Pierrepont, Mary
Subject(s): Mary, Queen Of Scots (1542-1587); Oldfield, Anne (1683-1730); Mary Stuart


EPILOGUE TO ROWE'S 'JANE SHORE,' DESIGNED FOR MRS. OLDFIELD, by ALEXANDER POPE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Prodigious this! The frail-one of our play
Last Line: Come here in crowds, and stare the strumpet down.
Subject(s): Marriage; Oldfield, Anne (1683-1730); Plays & Playwrights; Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718); Weddings; Husbands; Wives