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In gleaning Corn, such is our frugal Care.
When Night comes on, unto our Home we go,
Our Corn we carry, and our Infant too;
Weary indeed! but 'tis not worth our while
Once to complain, or rest at every Stile;
We must make haste, for when we home are come,
We find again our Work has just begun;
So many Things for our Attendance call,
Had we ten hands, we could employ them all.


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Though we all day with care our work attend,
Such is our fate, we know not when 'twill end.
When evening's come, you homeward take your way;
We, till our work is done, are forced to stay.


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So the industrious bees do hourly strive
To bring their loads of honey to the hive;
Their sordid owners always reap the gains,
And poorly recompense their toils and pains.


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The greatest heroes that the world can know,
To women their original must owe.


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Mary Collier

Mary Collier

Born: 1689
Died: 1762 (aged 73)
Bio: Mary Collier was an English poet, perhaps best known for her poetic riposte to Stephen Duck, The Woman's Labour.

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