XLIII.
To either sex the bondage and the pain,
They seek to live a freeman’s life in vain;
For man or woman can but act the part,
When ’tis not freeborn blood that fills the heart:
Strive as he may, the modern man, at best,
Is tyrant, differing somewhat from the rest;
Nor woman thraldom-bred can surely know
Where lies her richest gift, or how its wealth to show.