BE WHAT you are: all women in one: Be the coarse fool, and the mean and petty complainer! Be the slave, be the courtesan! Be the haughty ruler of hearts, and the cruel strong empress! Be also sweet, gentle, gracious: The lovely child, and the wistful seeker after affection: The calm woman, deep in brooding wisdom: The healthy comrade, free and fleet-footed: The watchful mother, with wings spread out for the loved one! All that you hide mars what you reveal: Be what you are, sure, various, strong: Baffle us no longer: you are only baffling yourself. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 67 by ALFRED TENNYSON THE STRANGER'S ALMS by HENRY ABBEY ERE THE GOLDEN BOWL IS BROKEN by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH TO MY BROTHER (2) by MARY BRYAN UPON THE KING'S SICKNESS by THOMAS CAREW ROCKY MOUNTAIN NIGHT by EDWARD RALPH CHEYNEY A CALL, FR, THE POET'S VOCATION by THOMAS HOLLEY CHIVERS LINES FROM A NOTEBOOK - JULY 1807 by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE |