J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.
By Mary Masters (c. 1733)Answer to a Panegyrick by one who supposed her handsome
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Because in me no rival charms they fear.
My shape erroneous, and my stature low
Can to the eye no dang’rous beauty show.
The list’ning youths who at a distance hear,
Secure of freedom, may approach more near.
All I can boast, is this one single grant,
Just sense enough to know how much I want.