Sarah Fyge at the young age of fourteen wrote one of her most important works in response to Robert Gould's satire against women: Love Given O'er, or a Satyr against the Pride, Lust and Inconstancy, &c of Woman. After reading the unjust and harsh words of Gould, young Sarah felt compelled to write a response in order to correct him of his "debauchery" and "blasphemy". Fyge's poem was never intended to be published, but without her permission her friends submitted it to the press causing a great controversy at the time. The poem was officially published three years after in 1686; in her first book "Poems on Several Occasions". A second edition was published a year later, due to the fact that Fyge was concerned that many uncorrected mistakes were found in the first one, and also she re-worded many of the lines she felt she had been too harsh in. The public release of this poem made Fyge lose the love of her Father, and was "banished" from her home. In the following verse found in her first book she expresses how she felt about this issue:
             "Without Design of Publication writ,
             And Innocence supply'd the want of Wit.
             But Ah! My poetry, did fatal prove,
             And robb'd me of a tender Father's love (Poems, p.22)
             A feminist from her youth, Fyge had many shocking experiences with men through out her life, and this feminist feeling grew stronger throughout each of these experiences. The first and most horrible for her was being rejected by her father after the publication of her poem. A short while after the publication of the second edition of the poem, she had to marry a man she did not love, and was left a widow after only a few years. In 1700 she married her second cousin, Reverend Thomas Egerton, adopting his name. This marriage resulted in complete chaos, they were both unhappy, but remained married until his death. These circumstances e...