No more delicate gloves—no more laces,

No more trifling in boudoir or bower;

But come—with your souls in your faces—

To meet the stern needs of the hour.

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Pass on! It is useless to linger

While others are claiming your care;

There’s need of your delicate finger,

For your womanly sympathy there.

There are sick ones athirst for caressing—