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TO MR. FORBES-ROBERTSON: 2. WILFUL WOMEN, by                    
First Line: Women are wilful, and the kindest are
Last Line: And makes me for the nonce a better man.
Subject(s): Humanity; Wisdom; Women


Women are wilful, and the kindest are
Truly the wilfulest. 'Twas always so.
For e'en in my poor home my brightest star
Which in life's darkest spots reflects its glow
And guides me towards that goal I long have sought
Hath seemed at times so wilful in its way
That I rebelled and wandered in my thought
As madly as careens the owl in day.

I fain would choose and choose for self alone,
And choosing thus, have stumbled oft and fell,
And only by the light of love that shone,
Though wilful, have I saved my soul from hell.
For I have learned that woman's wilful mind
Bespeaks a deep and underlying plan
Which elevates, ennobles human-kind
And makes me for the nonce a better man.





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