His unisexual wit and pious pretext meet.
XXXVII.
Obeisance yet his caste of sex demands;—
In legislative script the verbiage stands
How lowest boor is lordly “baron” styled,
And highest bride as common “feme” reviled;
The tardier fear that grants the clown a share
In his own governance, denies it her;
And British matrons are, by man-made rules,
In solemn statute ranked with infants, felons, fools.