Mercy Warren

(1728 - 1814 / Boston / United States)

poet Mercy Warren
#441 on top 500 poets
Mercy Warren
Do you like this poet?
279 person liked.
59 person did not like.

Mercy Warren Poems

All poems of Mercy Warren »


Mercy Otis Warren was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts, where she lived until 1754, when she married James Warren and moved to Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her husband and her brother James Otis were both involved in local politics, and their home became a place for revolutionary meetings.

Mercy played her part in suporting the revolution in 1772 with the publication of her play The Adulateur, the first in a long line of similar propagandistic pieces published anonymously.

Warren continued to write and publish after the war, issuing a volume of poetry under her own name in 1790 Poems, Dramatic and Miscellaneousand and in 1805 publishing her three-volume History of the ... more »

Click here to add this poet to your My Favorite Poets.


Comments about Mercy Warren

more comments »
---
  • i am [REDACTED] (1/18/2019 3:20:00 PM)

    hate comment lol get hated on im troll

    0 person liked.
    		1 person did not like.
  • kathrin (12/11/2018 2:40:00 PM)

    cool i liked them all mostly

    1 person liked.
    		0 person did not like.
  • Shali (2/28/2018 10:14:00 AM)

    I love this place and y a lot
    I hate have to the point moon quote q the sun moon

    3 person liked.
    		3 person did not like.
  • Shali (2/28/2018 10:14:00 AM)

    Mhgfg, jf, Jogjakarta, hf, jhfjyfjyfjghfjhgfhyfhgfhfjufjhyfjhgfygfG I have a hhvvhghv

    2 person liked.
    		6 person did not like.
  • nikky (1/17/2018 11:02:00 AM)

    when I search for the pictures of these poem they were not there. so these poems must not be real. are you really poem hunters? or are you lying?

    6 person liked.
    		4 person did not like.
  • jimmy chavez (11/27/2017 1:56:00 PM)

    write how many poems did mercy otis warren do please that will help me

    7 person liked.
    		3 person did not like.
Read all 6 comments »
›
›
Famous Poets
The Complete List of Top 500 Poets » Classical Poets »
Best Poem of Mercy Warren

Woman's Trifling Needs

AN inventory clear of all she needs Lamira offers here; Nor does she fear a rigid Cato's frown When she lays by the rich embroidered gown, And modestly compounds for just enough- Perhaps, some dozens of more flighty stuff; With lawns and lustrings, blond, and Mechlin laces, Fringes and jewels, fans and tweezer-cases; memory Gay cloaks, and hats of every shape and size, Scarfs, cardinals, and ribbons of all dyes; With ruffles stamped, and aprons of tambour, Tippets and handkerchiefs, at least three score; With finest muslins that fair India boasts, And the choice herbage from Chinesan coasts; ...

Read the full of Woman's Trifling Needs

PoemHunter.com Updates

[Report Error]