III.
See the kind Seed-receiving Earth,
To ev’ry Grain affords a Birth:
On her no Show’rs unwelcom fall,
Her willing Womb retains ’em all.
And shall my Cælia be confin’d?
No, live up to thy mighty Mind;
And be the Mistress of Mankind.
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⎬
⎭
See the kind Seed-receiving Earth,
To ev’ry Grain affords a Birth:
On her no Show’rs unwelcom fall,
Her willing Womb retains ’em all.
And shall my Cælia be confin’d?
No, live up to thy mighty Mind;
And be the Mistress of Mankind.
⎫
⎬
⎭