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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POSTSCRIPT, by ANNE GRANT
First Line: Jean, fetch that heap of tangled yarn
Last Line: To plant in vain the barren laurel!
Alternate Author Name(s): Grant Of Laggan, Mrs.; Mac Vigar, Anne; Macvicar, Anne
Subject(s): Housewives; Labor & Laborers; Rhyme; Work; Workers
First Line: Jean, fetch that heap of tangled yarn
Last Line: To plant in vain the barren laurel!
Alternate Author Name(s): Grant Of Laggan, Mrs.; Mac Vigar, Anne; Macvicar, Anne
Subject(s): Housewives; Labor & Laborers; Rhyme; Work; Workers
Jean, fetch that heap of tangled yarn,
And bring those stockings here to darn,
And get from Anne the dairy keys,
That I may go and count my cheese:
To every useful occupation,
Befitting of my place and station,
I'll henceforth dedicate my time,
And if again I write in rhyme,
'Twill be a shrewd severe lampoon
On country wives who fly to town,
And leave their dairy and relations,
To curl their hair, and follow fashions:
Or else an acrimonious satire
On matrons, who in spite of Nature,
With common useful duties quarrel,
To plant in vain the barren laurel!
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