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THE RESOLUTION.
The devil take those foolish men
Who gave you first such powers!
We stood on even grounds till then;
If any odds, creation made it ours.
Who gave you first such powers!
We stood on even grounds till then;
If any odds, creation made it ours.
For shame, let these weak chains be broke;
Let's our slight bonds, like Samson, tear;
And nobly cast away that yoke,
Which we nor our forefathers e'er could bear.
Let's our slight bonds, like Samson, tear;
And nobly cast away that yoke,
Which we nor our forefathers e'er could bear.
French laws forbid the female reign;
Yet Love does them to slavery draw:
Alas! if we'll our rights maintain,
’Tis all mankind must make a Salique law.
Yet Love does them to slavery draw:
Alas! if we'll our rights maintain,
’Tis all mankind must make a Salique law.
CALLED INCONSTANT.
Ha! ha! you think you 've kill'd my fame,
By this not understood, yet common, name:
A name that's full and proper, when assign'd
To woman-kind;
But, when you call us so,
It can at best but for a metaphor go.
By this not understood, yet common, name:
A name that's full and proper, when assign'd
To woman-kind;
But, when you call us so,
It can at best but for a metaphor go.
