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Poems (Barbauld)/On a Lady's Writing

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2114068Poems — On a Lady's WritingAnna Laetitia Barbauld

On a LADY's WRITING.


Her even lines her steady temper show;
Neat as her dress, and polish'd as her brow;
Strong as her judgment, easy as her air;
Correct though free, and regular though fair:
And the same graces o'er her pen preside
That form her manners and her footsteps guide.