Mary Sidney

Mary Sidney

Mary Herbert (née Sidney), Countess of Pembroke (27 October 1561 – 25 September 1621), was one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works, poetry, poetic translations and literary patronage.

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    Thus, great with child to speak, and helpless in my throes,
    Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite:
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