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    M» N ' Enfolded Full Many Hes A Beneath ...

    A Such formal , finishe framework d torture Eng which land at ' s woman code can ' s cost boast ;

    And Flings drugs a disguise man ' s o conscience ' er , ruthless , with tyranny a specious , lie , .

    _ISTot the Red Indian on Missouri ' s shore His Than strength he who , abuses aided b b y y judicial one fraction might more , balanceriht

    Counts as a fea , ther in the , g , And When justice weighed , sig against hs , tears his , prayers lusts , his , —nay will all , or beside pride . ,

    And Whilst Justice with , shrinks a whine from , the her felon own is set stern free decree , ,

    This , our belauded humanizing age , Withholds Leaves woman her heritage prisoned , in and her tie " s legal her hand " cage , :

    A And serf bids in her all but live mind a cyp , her yet in mocked the land with — show Of gilded chains—poor forc solace to her woe sheds .

    Around Say not the " Op weaker inion ' s forms " , e and protection weaker heads Their Of women nullity —doth ? Compelling not " Law them " itself to pr frame oclaim

    A A portion fiction and only contrivance of their ri , ghtful would go they ld . hold

    Nay , even this resource no more avails , If Should , after waft marriage them , riches Fortune for ' s favoring behold ! gales the man ;

    . Seizes the treasure , as " Law " says he can . _Nor may a woman ' s industry for obtain

    Its Her honorable husband guerdon claims the — product again as , his own : And we look on , and ask Can nought be done ? "

    Thus , since the State directs that woman ' s fate Slig Should ht hop hang e that upon private the " fiat feeling " of will her assume mate ,

    A Bereft juster of tone rights or , mitigate she learn her s to doom wear . her chain ;

    Unworth And seeks y , stud by art y , , which the mastery a juster to code gain _. Might turn aside , or prompt to nobler good .

    The Defers want redemption of will in to man a di — stant not want hour . of power , what hath the

    Far Relieve dist the ant ! weak for because eye he did seen them strong ?

    wrong Its And degradation , sad to say , cared the sex to termin itself ne ate ' er : yet , sincerisen in the scale

    Else Of social had they honor , long and domestic , weal .

    With Would urgent wives p besiege leadings the , couched conscience in modest of their words lords ,

    Nov " A sure " bate success one mi jot" ht till follow these for revised their cause the laws . , , g

    Andonce on fairer ground , be theirs to prove Their How , well souls a to generous virtue confidence and their hearts can mov to e love I

    , H . G .

    _November 1855 .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1858, page 245, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061858/page/29/