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MEN THAT HAVE STRENGTH by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

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First Line: MEN THAT HAVE STRENGTH TO RULE THEIR SEX
Last Line: WHAT ARE THEY BUT OUR STRONG MEN'S SLAVES?
Men that have strength to rule their sex
Leave women still unmoved;
Men that by women are preferred --
By that strange sex adored and loved --
Will rise by neither deed nor word.

When women's dainty heroes are
Conferring with strong men,
They sit in fear, as dumb as graves;
So, ladies, your sweet darlings, then --
What are they but our strong men's slaves?



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