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INDIFFERENCE.
He comes and goes with quiet step and injured mein,
His smile is throttled by that inner thought of wrong conceived,
Which, like an iron wedge, has forced itself our lives between,
And feigning virtue he is in himself deceived.
His smile is throttled by that inner thought of wrong conceived,
Which, like an iron wedge, has forced itself our lives between,
And feigning virtue he is in himself deceived.
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I meet him with a kiss both true and warm.
As never woman granted to her lover;
He claims it a disguise of truth and thin,
That he can well discover
My great mistrust of him.
As never woman granted to her lover;
He claims it a disguise of truth and thin,
That he can well discover
My great mistrust of him.
Why is it thus? since I am his my body and the current through it flowing,
The breath I breathe, my very thoughts desirous of his welfare knowing,
The holy duty of a wife, Ah! this is more
Than mere suggestion, am I a wife?
'Tis hereon hangs the all-important question.
The breath I breathe, my very thoughts desirous of his welfare knowing,
The holy duty of a wife, Ah! this is more
Than mere suggestion, am I a wife?
'Tis hereon hangs the all-important question.
He careful is that I am amply fed,
And warmly clad and have a cozy bed,
But recks not many lonely hours I keep
Sad watch and vainly summons sleep
To weary eyelids fringed with silent tears,
Spring forth amid an aching heart's recess,
That seeks within his own its happiness.
And warmly clad and have a cozy bed,
But recks not many lonely hours I keep
Sad watch and vainly summons sleep
To weary eyelids fringed with silent tears,
Spring forth amid an aching heart's recess,
That seeks within his own its happiness.
Why should we grow apart? instead of entertwining,
Our very lives, our aims, our days, so rapidly declining,
We wedded are, nay, I may only say
That we were married such and such a day.
For wedded only they whose lives and loves are joined,
Whose hopes and fears, whose joys and sorrows one,
Whose aims like many tributaries run.
To make life's river a complete and tranquil whole.
Our very lives, our aims, our days, so rapidly declining,
We wedded are, nay, I may only say
That we were married such and such a day.
For wedded only they whose lives and loves are joined,
Whose hopes and fears, whose joys and sorrows one,
Whose aims like many tributaries run.
To make life's river a complete and tranquil whole.
Should wifely sphere be sternly circumscribed,
And frigid mien calmly institute domestic monarchy,
Should lordly husband say, like King Canute,
Back! I command, no nearer dare approach,
And like a forbidden pasture hedge himself around,
With threatened penalties, “tread not upon this ground.”
And frigid mien calmly institute domestic monarchy,
Should lordly husband say, like King Canute,
Back! I command, no nearer dare approach,
And like a forbidden pasture hedge himself around,
With threatened penalties, “tread not upon this ground.”
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Man's sphere is limitless, the world is his domain,
Accept what he can spare,
And think not to complain,
But what to me the trophies of the world laid at my feet,
If I am fainting for affection's favor sweet?
Accept what he can spare,
And think not to complain,
But what to me the trophies of the world laid at my feet,
If I am fainting for affection's favor sweet?
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