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might is gentleness—she winneth sway By a soft word, and by a softer look; Where she, the gentle-loving one, hath failed, The proud or stern might never yet succeed. Strength, power, and majesty, belong to man; They make the glory native to his life; But sweetness is a woman's attribute— By that she has reigned, and by that will reign. There have been some who, with a mightier mind, Have won dominion—but they never won The dearer empire of the beautiful:— Sweet sovereigns in their natural loveliness. L. E. L.