Some men, indeed, would curb the female mind,
Nor let us see that they themselves are blind;
But—thank our stars!—the liberal times allow,
That all may think, and men have rivals now.
Miranda deems all knowledge might be gain’d—
“But she is idle, nor has much attain’d;
Men are in her deceived: she knows at most
A few light matters, for she scorns to boast.
Her mathematic studies she resign’d— 90
They did not suit the genius of her mind.