“I’m going to have a high career,” whatever that may be.
But Miss Harper hed to leave us, so she advertised one day
That she’d lecture in the school-house once before she went away.
Well, the room was packed that evening and Miss Harper did her best,
Her gift of speech was wonderful,—that all the men confessed—
She soared, way up into the clouds, and back to earth again,
And showed us most convincin’ly the worthlessness of men!
Her speech was drawing to a close, and she was jest a saying:
“Dear sisters, spurn your tyrant, man, and scorn the part he’s playing;
Let him perform the menial tasks he’s set for you so long,