In days of ardent girlhood, to be great,
To help the groaning world, to serve the state,
To be so wise—so strong?
And are you quite convinced this is the way,
The only way a woman’s duty lies—
Knowing all women so have shut their eyes?
Seeing the world to-day?
Have you no dream of life in fuller store?
Of growing to be more than that you are?
Doing the things you now do better far,