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Subject: PRUDISHNESS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` MARKET DAY, by ABIGAIL CRESSON    Poem Text                    
First Line: It follows up the hill and down
Last Line: Not every time, but now and then?
Subject(s): Prudishness


PRUDERY, by ALEXANDER POPE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What is prudery? 'tis a beldam
Last Line: That rails at dear lepel and you.
Variant Title(s): Answer To The Following Question Of Mrs. Howe
Subject(s): Prudishness


THE PRUDE'S ALPHABET, by DONALD ROBERT PERRY MARQUIS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A is for tarsus. The current short skirts
Last Line: So a prudent young person will let them alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marquis, Don
Subject(s): Prudishness