 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 428 pages
...of Independence. FROM THE PROLOGUE TO THE FOUR ELEMENTS. I aм obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For euch despite they cast on female wits ; If what I do prove well, it won't advance — They'll say,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 450 pages
...noble poet Dana, who traces his lineage through one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. If what I do prove well, it won't advance-- They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance. But this weak knot they will full soon untie— The Greeks did naught but play the fool and lie. Let... | |
 | Anne Bradstreet - 1867 - 536 pages
...my hand a needle better fits, A Poets pen all fcorn I mould thus wrong, For fuch defpite they caft on Female wits : If what I do prove well, it won't advance, They'l fay it's ftoln, or elfe it was by chance. 6. But fure the Antique Greeks were far more mild... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1872 - 542 pages
...tongue That says my hand a needle better fits ; A p jet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For »uch despite they cast on female wits ; If what I do prove...They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance But sure, the antique Greeks were far more mild , Else of our sex why fcigni d they those Nine, And... | |
 | 1918 - 694 pages
...then they said. (2). From Anne Bradstreet's Four Elements. I am obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits; A Poet's pen all...They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance. American Notes — Editorial The Harvard "University Begister" recently computed and published a list... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1881 - 808 pages
...versifications of history. The opposition to literary pursuits is shown by the statement in her prologue : — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue, Who says my...hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn I thus should wrong. For such despite they cast on female wits, If what I do prove well, it won't advance... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1881 - 786 pages
...versifications of history. The opposition to literary pursuits is shown by the statement in her prologue: — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue, Who says my...hand a needle better fits ; A poet's pen all scorn 1 thus should wrong. For such despite they cast on female wits, If what I do prove well, it won't advance... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 pages
...ANNE BRADSTREET. From THE PROLOGUE TO "THE FOUR ELEMENTS." 1 am obnoxious to each carping tongue That says my hand a needle better fits; A Poet's pen all...They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance. But sure, the antique Greeks were far more mild, Else of our sex why feigned they those Nine, And Poesy... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1883 - 754 pages
...each carping tongue. Who says my liaml a needle butter tits ; A poet's pen all scorn 1 thus should wrong. For such despite they cast on female wits,...They'll say it's stolen, or else it was by chance." A little poem on her children, and another to a bird in contemplation, show a tender feeling for Nature,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1889 - 702 pages
...and epitaphs ends the book. early day, upon the proper sphere of woman, for Mistress Anne says, — " I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my...do prove well, it won't advance, They'll say it's stol'n, or else it was by chance." We print a few lines from "An Elegie upon that Honourable and renowned... | |
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I am obnoxious to each carping tongue Who says my hand a needle better fits, A poet's pen all scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits: If what I do prove well, it won't advance, They'll say it's stol'n, or else it was by chance. 
