To a Lady, who valu'd herself on speaking her Mind in a blunt Manner, which she call'd being sincere. 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. 242. xlviii,283,[7]p.; 8⁰.

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To a Lady , who valu'd herself on speaking her Mind in a blunt Manner , which she call'd being sincere . Well you Sincerity display , A Virtue wond'rous rare ! Nor value , tho' the World should say , You're rude , so you're sincere . To be sincere , then , give me leave ; And I will frankly own , Since you but this one Virtue have , 'Twere better you had none .