IF all the harm that women have done Were put in a bundle and rolled into one, Earth would not hold it, The sky could not enfold it, It could not be lighted nor warmed by the sun; Such masses of evil Would puzzle the devil, And keep him in fuel while Time's wheels run. But if all the harm that's been done by men Were doubled, and doubled, and doubled again, And melted and fused into vapour, and then Were squared and raised to the power of ten, There wouldn't be nearly enough, not near, To keep a small girl for the tenth of a year. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IT COULDN'T BE DONE by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST CHURCH-MUSICK [CHURCH MUSIC] by GEORGE HERBERT SOUND THE LOUD TIMBREL; MIRIAM'S SONG by THOMAS MOORE THE RUBAIYAT, 1879 EDITION: 17 by OMAR KHAYYAM A CURLEW'S CALL by JANE BARLOW THE ROAD TO APPENZELL by HENRY GLASSFORD BELL THE FOREST POOL by MATHILDE BLIND |