WE sheltered women, love-enwrapt, Whose every wish is gratified, From all adversity close lapt In tenderness and kindly pride -- We from whose path you put aside The possibility of care, We women shielded and supplied -- What burdens can we have to bear? SMILING as at a child's demands You fill these idle days of ours; You give us roses for our hands And songs to sing among our flowers. We twine you garlands of delight -- You only ask to find us fair When weary you come home at night. . . . Is not our burden light to bear? WE are the garden of your ease, And if we bloom, you are content. It would but rob you of your peace If to your loads our shoulders bent -- But ah, to see you sad and spent! To know the pain we may not share! Pity us, Masters, and relent -- This burden is too great to bear. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RUNNING THE BATTERIES by HERMAN MELVILLE PARADISE LOST: BOOK 4 by JOHN MILTON PROMETHEUS BOUND: THE OVERTHROW OF ZEUS by AESCHYLUS SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 4. SHE REMEMBERS by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS CIRCUMSTANCE by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |