Queen of a cook-stove throne?

Are you content to reign in that small space—

A wooden palace and a yard-fenced land—

With other queens abundant on each hand,

Each fastened in her place?

Are you content to rear your children so?

Untaught yourself, untrained, perplexed, distressed,

Are you so sure your way is always best?

That you can always know?

Have you forgotten how you used to long