Given name: Mary Family name: Monck Maiden name: Molesworth Birth date: ca. 1678 Death date: 1715 Nationality: Irish Family relations father: Robert Molesworth mother: Letitia Molesworth husband: George Monck Languages English Italian Latin Spanish Literary period: Augustan Residences Bath to 1715 Dublin
gone are the days
Impossible to call a lamb a lambkin
or say eftsoons or spell you ladye.
My shining armour ...[read poem]
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or say eftsoons or spell you ladye.
My shining armour ...
verses wrote on her death-bed at bath, to her husband, in london
THOU, who dost all my worldly thoughts employ,
Thou pleasing source of all my earthly joy :...[read poem]
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Thou pleasing source of all my earthly joy :...
there was was a girl of lahore
There once was a girl of Lahore,
The same shape behind as before;
As no one knew where...[read poem]
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The same shape behind as before;
As no one knew where...
incident
I look across the table and think
(fiery with love)
Ask me, go on, ask me
to do somet...[read poem]
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(fiery with love)
Ask me, go on, ask me
to do somet...
frogs
Frogs sit more solid
than anything sits. In mid-leap they are
parachutists falling
in...[read poem]
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than anything sits. In mid-leap they are
parachutists falling
in...
twin-growth
I would not wish thee other than thou art;
I love thee, love, so well in every part,
T...[read poem]
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I love thee, love, so well in every part,
T...
there once was an old man of lyme
There once was an old man of Lyme
Who married three wives at a time,
When asked, "Why ...[read poem]
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Who married three wives at a time,
When asked, "Why ...
there was a young lady named laura
There was a young lady named Laura,
Who went to the wilds of Angora,
She came back on ...[read poem]
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Who went to the wilds of Angora,
She came back on ...
of you
When the little devil, panic,
begins to grin and jump about
in my heart, in my brain, in m...[read poem]
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begins to grin and jump about
in my heart, in my brain, in m...
there once was an old monk of basing
There once was an old monk of Basing,
Whose salads were something amazing;
But he told...[read poem]
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Whose salads were something amazing;
But he told...
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