This dog only, waited on,
Knowing that when light is gone
Love remains for shining.
(To Flush, My Dog)
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A woman cannot do the thing she ought, which means whatever perfect thing she can, in life, in art, in science, but she fears to let the perfect action take her part and rest there she must prove what she can do before she does it, -- prate of woman's rights, of woman's mission, woman's function, till the men (who are prating, too, on their side) cry, ''A woman's function plainly is... to talk.'' Poor souls, they are very reasonably vexed.
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A woman is always younger than a man at equal years.
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But since he had The genius to be loved, why let him have The justice to be honoured in his grave.
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Heaven is high;
Sing, poet with the sorrow !
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