Between us, he hears not my call.
What! if I followed him?—But no!
It were not meet for woman so.
A woman,—who will know? If I
But wear a sword, the man is made.
With danger I have often played,
And staked life when I threw the die.
From horseback I was never thrown,
Nor ever carbine failed me aught.
Yes, God inspired in me the thought.