 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 428 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1918 - 694 Seiten
...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 scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits; If what I do prove well, it won't advance... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1883 - 752 Seiten
...Gentlewoman of America. She had eight children', but still found time for much study and writing. Her poems2 are mostly versifications of history. The opposition...the statement in her prologue: — " I am obnoxious lo each carping tongue, Who says my hand a needle belter fits; A poet's pen all scorn 1 thus should... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 Seiten
...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 scorn I should thus wrong, For such despite they cast on female wits; If what I do prove well, it won't advance—... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1883 - 754 Seiten
...Gentlewoman of America. She had eight children', but still found time for much study and writing. Her poems2 are mostly versifications of history. The opposition...I am obnoxious to 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... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1889 - 702 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
 | William Andrews - 1891 - 260 Seiten
...that a woman had a right to wield a poet's pen, and to such she adverts in the following lines : " 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... | |
 | 1892 - 780 Seiten
...neighbor who should refuse to indulge them in acting upon such principles. — Charles Grandison Finney. PROLOGUE. I AM obnoxious to each carping tongue Who...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,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1893 - 332 Seiten
...that early day, upon the proper sphere of woman, for Mistress Anne says: — " I am obnoxious to eacli 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,... | |
 | Governor Thomas Dudley Family Association - 1893 - 460 Seiten
...were contrary to what was expected of women, for in the prologue to her Four Elements she wrote : [ am obnoxious to each carping tongue, Who says my hand a needle better liU. A. pout's pen all scorn I should thus bring, For such despite they cast on women's wits. If what... | |
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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. 
