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Poem
February 6, 1788
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A favorite song depicting Nancy spinning on a summer's eve, singing about life's uncertainties, the virtue of honest labor, and concluding with the arrival of her spouse, prompting her to abandon her wheel.
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THE NEW SPINNING WHEEL.
A FAVORITE SONG.
On summer's eve, as Nancy fair,
Sat spinning in the shade,
While soaring sky-larks shook the air,
In warblings o'er her head,
In tender coo's the pigeons woo'd,
Love's impulse all must feel.
She sung but still her work pursued
And turn'd her spinning wheel,
And turn'd her spinning wheel.
II.
While thus I work with rock and reel,
So life by time is spun,
And as runs round my spinning wheel,
The world turns up and down,
Some rich to day, to-morrow low,
While I no changes feel.
But get my bread, by sweat of brow,
And turn my spinning wheel.
III.
From me let men and women too,
This homespun lesson learn,
Not mind what other people do,
But eat the bread they earn;
If none were fed (were that to me)
But what deserved a meal,
Some ladies then as well as me,
Must turn the spinning wheel.
IV.
The rural toast with sweetest tone,
Thus sung her witless strain,
When o'er the lawn limp'd Gammer Joan,
And brought home Nancy's swain;
Come cries the dame, Nance here's thy
spouse,
Away throw rock and reel:
Blith Nanny with the bonny news,
O'er set her spinning wheel.
A FAVORITE SONG.
On summer's eve, as Nancy fair,
Sat spinning in the shade,
While soaring sky-larks shook the air,
In warblings o'er her head,
In tender coo's the pigeons woo'd,
Love's impulse all must feel.
She sung but still her work pursued
And turn'd her spinning wheel,
And turn'd her spinning wheel.
II.
While thus I work with rock and reel,
So life by time is spun,
And as runs round my spinning wheel,
The world turns up and down,
Some rich to day, to-morrow low,
While I no changes feel.
But get my bread, by sweat of brow,
And turn my spinning wheel.
III.
From me let men and women too,
This homespun lesson learn,
Not mind what other people do,
But eat the bread they earn;
If none were fed (were that to me)
But what deserved a meal,
Some ladies then as well as me,
Must turn the spinning wheel.
IV.
The rural toast with sweetest tone,
Thus sung her witless strain,
When o'er the lawn limp'd Gammer Joan,
And brought home Nancy's swain;
Come cries the dame, Nance here's thy
spouse,
Away throw rock and reel:
Blith Nanny with the bonny news,
O'er set her spinning wheel.
What sub-type of article is it?
Song
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Nature Seasons
Love Courtship
What keywords are associated?
Spinning Wheel
Nancy
Honest Work
Rural Life
Marriage
Favorite Song
Poem Details
Title
The New Spinning Wheel.
Form / Style
Rhymed Stanzas With Refrain
Key Lines
And Turn'd Her Spinning Wheel.
While Thus I Work With Rock And Reel, So Life By Time Is Spun,
Not Mind What Other People Do, But Eat The Bread They Earn;
Come Cries The Dame, Nance Here's Thy Spouse, Away Throw Rock And Reel: