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“BEWARE!”
While woman deems herself so small,
So frail, so slight a thing,
There seems no hope, no hope at all:
What gifts can mankind bring?
So frail, so slight a thing,
There seems no hope, no hope at all:
What gifts can mankind bring?
God's sweetness through her eyes should shine,
God's lilies in her hands;
God's tenderest roses she should twine
In soft pure bright hair-bands.
God's lilies in her hands;
God's tenderest roses she should twine
In soft pure bright hair-bands.
Unless she bringeth heaven to man,
Man cannot reach the sky.
If woman cannot lift, who can?
This earth's last hope must die.
Man cannot reach the sky.
If woman cannot lift, who can?
This earth's last hope must die.
Beware, O earth! O man, beware!
Beware, O woman weak!
Drive not from hands and lips and hair
The angel who would speak.
Beware, O woman weak!
Drive not from hands and lips and hair
The angel who would speak.
Feb. 25, 1902.
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