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EPIGRAM CCLXXXVIII.
[Women, some bigot Turks advance]
ESTO PERPETUA.
Women, some bigot Turks advance,
Born without souls, can have no chance
O'er Paradise to stray:—
But why, in such unsocial sort,
Cut feminine existence short?—
Say, Turkish bigots; say!
Born without souls, can have no chance
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But why, in such unsocial sort,
Cut feminine existence short?—
Say, Turkish bigots; say!
Say, why should widow, maid, or wife,
No share in everlasting life,
As well as you, inherit?
Speak out!—and own, upon the whole,
'Tis not that women want a soul;—
But that yourselves want spirit!
No share in everlasting life,
As well as you, inherit?
Speak out!—and own, upon the whole,
'Tis not that women want a soul;—
But that yourselves want spirit!
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