EPIGRAM VIII. On Mrs. PENELOPE.

EPIGRAM VIII. On Mrs. PENELOPE. Robert Craggs Nugent, Earl Nugent Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T131163 K104099.002 Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. II. London printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley 1763 [1st ed. 1758] p. 236. 6v.: music; 8⁰.

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EPIGRAM VIII . On Mrs. PENELOPE . THE gentle Pen with look demure , Awhile was thought a virgin pure : But Pen , as ancient poets say , Undid by night the work of day .