. Rights and wrongs of woman, a poem . f rest. Can woman write, compose, or paint,Let her ! she 11 conjure no true mans tastes well fit her for the retail marts,Womans feelings well befit esthetic arts ;Heres unbounded ground that girls may fill,Soil, with profit limitless, to till;In these they may both pence and credit find the path to wealth or honor dare from stormy forum rule her out;Deny her natural right to vote or spout ?Alone shall Jonathan make the nations laws,And venting twaddle, gain the crowds Sally s doomed, interring aU her joy
. Rights and wrongs of woman, a poem . f rest. Can woman write, compose, or paint,Let her ! she 11 conjure no true mans tastes well fit her for the retail marts,Womans feelings well befit esthetic arts ;Heres unbounded ground that girls may fill,Soil, with profit limitless, to till;In these they may both pence and credit find the path to wealth or honor dare from stormy forum rule her out;Deny her natural right to vote or spout ?Alone shall Jonathan make the nations laws,And venting twaddle, gain the crowds Sally s doomed, interring aU her joysAt home, to legislate for girls and boys ?In homely tasks engaged fen- small and great,While husbands, sons and brothers serve the State ?But why should nt she to the Congress seek among the Senators a beau ?More love than laws I greatly fear theyd make,And votes be gained for less than moneys sake, — -(i TAUNTOIV TACK TO., I *«i >iILS. 57 CHACE & CO. No. 8 TRAVERS BLOCK, Bellevue Avenue Near Ocean House,. UPHOLSTERY, AND FINE CABINET WORK, MANTELS, ETC. Particular attention paid to 9 And all kinds of Finishing iu HAED WOOD, FREXCH POLISH, Etc. , a Large Assortment of JlF&llSl hMM Flllil iiiii FANCY and USEFUL, of every variety. RICH CABINET FURNITURE of every Modern Design, appropriate for Hotels and Private Kesidences. CHACE & CO«f near Ocean House. m-==- 58 THE RIGHTS AND WE0NG3 OF WOMAN. Bribery then would scarcely cost so high With handsome men a tender glance would buy, And the female M. C, half a glance might muddle her And conquest een await strabismic Butler. The Speaker would find it most hard to decide Which was to speak next, wife, widow or bride, And wonder *t would be if a man eer was heard In such an assembly to get in a word. And whether the ladies would make all the laws And men only sit there to snicker applause ; If soldiers and sailors would richly be dressed, When women the army and navy possessed, And if they expect all t
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