Excepting the vote, I dare assert
We deny them none of their wild caprices,
Though I own we jibbed at the harem skirt;
We were wrong; we ought to have let them wear it;
Free will in dress is a sacred right;
But we should be equally keen to declare it
With them who make it their chief delight.
We must come to terms with our female betters,
Seeing that summer will soon be nigh;
If they would be rid of the skirt that fetters,