Women's+Rights

Women's Rights Annie Louise Walker 1862

You cannot rob us of the rights we cherish, Nor turn our thoughts away From the bright picture of a "Woman's Mission" Our hearts portray.

We claim to dwell, in quiet and seclusion, Beneath the household roof,-- From the great world's harsh strife, and jarring voices, To stand aloof;--

Not in a dreamy and inane abstraction To sleep our life away, But, gathering up the brightness of home sunshine, To deck our way.

As humble plants by country hedgerows growing, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">That treasure up the rain, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">And yield in odours, ere the day's declining, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The gift again;

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">So let us, unobtrusive and unnoticed, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">But happy none the less, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Be privileged to fill the air around us <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">With happiness;

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">To live, unknown beyond the cherished circle, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Which we can bless and aid; <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">To die, and not a heart that does not love us <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Know where we're laid.

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