Written for my Son, to some of the Fellows of the College, who took care of the School in his Master's Absence. Mary Barber 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. T42622 519 p. 45 Barber, Mary, ca. 1690-1757. Poems on Several Occasions [poems only]. London Printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1734 p. 54. xlviii,283,[7]p.; 8⁰.

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Written for my Son , to some of the Fellows of the College "Trinity College, University of Dublin, where Constantine Barber was a student." (Tucker [1992], 211) , who took care of the School in his Master's Absence . We of late had a terrible Rout in our House ; If I happen'd to speak , I was sure of a Souse . My Mamma had the Tooth-ach , and I felt the Smart — O The Name of the Tooth-drawer . Steel , I for ever will value thy Art : Both Children , and Servants , to thee are beholden ; Let them do what they would , they were sure of a Scolding . Athenians , I humbly beseech you , explain , Why the Tongue cannot rest , when the Teeth are in Pain .