 | [Poems by Cary in] The Poetical Works Of Alice and Phoebe Cary |  |
EQUALITY.
Most favored lady in the land,
I well can bear your scorn or pride;
For in all truest wealth, to-day,
I stand an equal by your side!
I well can bear your scorn or pride;
For in all truest wealth, to-day,
I stand an equal by your side!
No better parentage have you,—
One is our Father, one our Friend;
The same inheritance awaits
Our claiming, at the journey's end.
One is our Father, one our Friend;
The same inheritance awaits
Our claiming, at the journey's end.
No broader flight your thought can take,—
Faith on no firmer basis rest;
Nor can the dreams of fancy wake
A sweeter tumult in your breast.
Faith on no firmer basis rest;
Nor can the dreams of fancy wake
A sweeter tumult in your breast.
Life may to you bring every good,
Which from a Father's hand can fall;
But if true lips have said to me,
“I love you,” I have known it all!
Which from a Father's hand can fall;
But if true lips have said to me,
“I love you,” I have known it all!
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