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A FIN DE SIECLE GIRL, by                    
First Line: She studies henrik ibsen 'to cultivate her mind'
Last Line: Of fancy work this modern maid can do
Subject(s): Scholarship & Scholars;sexism


SHE studies Henrik Ibsen "to cultivate her mind,"
And reads Shakespeare and Browning through and through;
Meanwhile she knits her brows -- it is the only kind
Of fancy work this modern maid can do.





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