 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 428 pages
...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, It 's stolen, or else it was by chance. But sure, the antique Greeks were far more mild ; Else of our... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 well, it won't advance — 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... | |
 | 1944 - 496 pages
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 | 1912 - 674 pages
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 | 1918 - 694 pages
...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...prove well, it won't advance — They'll say, It's stolen, or else it was by chance. American Notes — Editorial The Harvard "University Begister" recently... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1881 - 808 pages
...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 ; They '11 say it 's stolen, or else it was by chance." A little poem on her children, and another... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 pages
...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...prove well, it won't advance— 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... | |
 | 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,...do prove well, it won't advance ; 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,... | |
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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. 
