Familiar letters and poems on several occasions By Mary Masters |
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[O wou'd the Free-born Maids together join] |
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[O wou'd the Free-born Maids together join]
O wou'd the Free-born Maids together joinIn this so laudable and just Design;
Th'imperious Lord his wonted Pow'r should mourn,
And Equal Woman triumph in her Turn:
Souls have no Sex, nor Male, nor Female there,
A manly Mind informs the well-taught Fair.
While Fops have female Follies in Excess,
Who nothing study, but the Art of Dress:
From diff'rent Teaching, diff'rent Notions rise,
Hence Women less, and Men appear more wise,
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What stupid Things these Boasters then would be;
Whilst Wisdom, Science, ev'ry Art divine,
In Woman would with fullest Lustre shine.
| Familiar letters and poems on several occasions | |