![[Header#^header-embed]] > [!SUMMARY] > In 1805, [[Sophia Thrale]] sent her [[Hester Thrale née Salusbury|mother]] a gift of pens, to which her mother wrote some verses in response. > [!QUOTE] [[Thraliana]] entry 30 July 1805 by [[Hester Thrale née Salusbury]] > Sophia Thrale has sent me a Present of curious Pens; very new & neat & portable I returned her these Verses in three hours Time … They really write [[Hester Thrale's Hebrew|Hebrew]] very nicely. > > > To give my lovely Girl Delight > What with her Present shall I write? > What Character assume? > A plodding Scholar best they'll fit, > For Foes to **feather**-headed Wit > Are pens without a **Plume**. ## See also ![[hester-lynch-thrale-1741-1821🔎#^hester-lynch-thrale-infoblock]] #history/person/SALUSBURY/hester-lynch-born-1741 #history/person/THRALE/sophia-born-1771 ![[Footer#^footer-embed]]