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 , whose conversions date Rather late, Who but now have understood That the cause of womanhood Is not alien, and unknown, But your own.

Ladies, who can recollect, I suspect, That you once stood by and mocked, And were elegant and shocked, And were haughty and remote From the vote.

Just because in bygone years Your own sneers, Your own clinging with such passion To the side you thought the fashion Made the work so hard to do For the few.

Now, when everything is pleasant, As at present, Now that ridicule is not