She Wouldn't Say 'Obey.'
When she hoard her sisters promise, In all meekness to obey Their respective lords and masters, And accept, their rightful sway, Then she tossed her head so proudly, Then she said, ' You wait and see ; No one in the male creation Will ever make a slave of me ! ' When she heard her friends consulting, Asking for a new spring hat Urging unbelieving husbands That they needed this or that, Then she said, ' Oh, how_ I scorn it I' Then her haughty spirit rose, And she cried, ' You see if ever I go begging for myl clothes !' And you ought to see her really, Now that she at last is wed, Sifting coals and lighting fires While her husband lies in bed. Even to wear her last year's bonnet She to-day does not refuse ; To brush his coat she's ever ready — ] And they say she shines his shoes '
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Observer, Volume 9, Issue 530, 16 February 1889, Page 20
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151She Wouldn't Say 'Obey.' Observer, Volume 9, Issue 530, 16 February 1889, Page 20
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