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 Or nobly write Your name like Dwight, On Heaven's own page.

Our sex I'm told Are formed to hold A lower place, Our powers of mind Being far behind Your lordly race.

I've understood That "household-good" Was our employment, To cook and mend, And babies tend, Our chief enjoyment.

'Tis very well, I shan't rebel, And when I grow,