English Poetry. Mary Wortley Montagu. A Summary of Lord Lyttleton’s Advice to a Lady. Мэри Уортли Монтегю.

Mary Wortley Montagu (Мэри Уортли Монтегю)

A Summary of Lord Lyttleton’s Advice to a Lady

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet,
In short, my deary, kiss me! and be quiet.

Mary Wortley Montagu’s other poems:

1. Town Eclogues: Wednesday; the Tête à Tête
2. An Elegy on Mrs. Thompson
3. Epilogue to Mary Queen of Scots
4. To Mr. ——
5. Impromptu, to a Young Lady Singing

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