"In spite of all romantic poets sing, This gold, my dearest, is an useful thing."
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"Mira to Octavia", in Poems upon Several Occasions, vol. 1 (1748)
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Mary Leapor
1722 – 1746
(1722–1746) was an English poet from Northamptonshire. Out of the many labouring-class writers of the period, she was noticeably well received.
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