"Though we all day with care our work attend, Such is our fate, we know 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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The Woman’s Labour (1739)
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Mary Collier
(9 October 1688 – 20 October 1762) was an English poet, perhaps best known for The Woman's Labour (1739)
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