BEFORE THE' SUFFRAGETTES AROSE.
■ ■ ;, I. : What is tho antiquo,glory now become, That whylome w'ont in women to,appear? Where, .be the : brave . achievements done by some? " •' ; Where bo the battles, where the shield and spear And all the conquests which- them high did.rear,' v. . That matter mado for famous poets' • - -. verse,- • v ■ And boastful'men so oft abashld-to hear? Been they all-dead, and ; -laid in doleful hearse ?. -.- , ■ . Or do they, bnly -sleep and shall again reverse? . "' ' .- • 11. ' If they: be dead, then woe is me,therefore; But if tliey sleep, 0 let them soon awake: For all. too long I.burn with-envy sore ' To hear , tlie. warlike feats' which Homer spako - - Of bold I'enthesilee, which made a lake Of Greekish blood so,oft in Trojan plain; But when I read how stout Deborah strake Proud' Siscra, and how Camill hath slain The hugo Orsilochus, I swell with great '•disdain. : ' •• —"The Facrv Queen."
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080120.2.5.2
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 99, 20 January 1908, Page 3
Word Count
147BEFORE THE'SUFFRAGETTES AROSE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 99, 20 January 1908, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in