The Washerwoman's Complaint
I J M
Genre: | Poetry, Drollery |
Subjects: | Steam-power, Gender |
A two-stanza poem tacitly referring to the recently founded Steam Washing Company. It ends: 'Poor washerwomen! every one, / How sorrowful ye seem! / Because we used to wash in smoke, / But now we wash by steam.' | |
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