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WOMAN'S RIGHTS 

  	    Grave on her monumental pile:
15	    She won from vice, by virtue's smile,
  	    Her dazzling crown, her sceptred throne,
  	    Affection's wreath, a happy home;

18	    The right to worship deep and pure,
  	    To bless the orphan, feed the poor;
  	    Last at the cross to mourn her Lord,
21	    First at the tomb to hear his word:

  	    To fold an angel's wings below;
  	    And hover o'er the couch of woe;
24	    To nurse the Bethlehem babe so sweet,
  	    The right to sit at Jesus' feet;
 
  Miscellaneous Writings --- Poems                                              
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 1	    To form the bud for bursting bloom,
  	    The hoary head with joy to crown;
 3	    In short, the right to work and pray,
  	    "To point to heaven and lead the way."