Poems (Barbauld)/On a Lady's Writing

Poems (1773)
by Anna Laetitia Barbauld
On a Lady's Writing
2114068Poems — On a Lady's Writing1773Anna Laetitia Barbauld

On a LADY's WRITING.


HER even lines her steady temper show;
Neat as her dress, and polish'd as her brow;
Strong as her judgment, easy as her air;
Correct though free, and regular though fair:
And the same graces o'er her pen preside
That form her manners and her footsteps guide.