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What should woman be? Just like a flower, Meekly adorning where her lot is cast; And as the modest tenants of the bower Emit the sweetest perfumes, so her power, Like precious odors, should her bloom out-last,
What should she be? Just like the diamond's rays, Chaste, bright, and shadowless, illumining What comes within her sphere, whose light betrays No superficial lustre, but displays A solid brilliance beaming from within.