<h2><SPAN name="SHE" id="SHE"></SPAN>She</h2>
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<span class="i0"><span class="letra">A</span> WOMAN who knows how to droop<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Her eyes before the world’s bold gaze,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">And teach, by silence, just how near<br/></span>
<span class="i2">That world dare venture to her ways.<br/></span>
<span class="i0">A woman who knows how to lift<br/></span>
<span class="i2">Her eyes to mine without dismay—<br/></span>
<span class="i10">For innocence is might—<br/></span>
<span class="i2">And say that wrong is wrong alway,<br/></span>
<span class="i2">That right and truth are best alway,<br/></span>
<span class="i0">Eyes heaven-lit and clear, to-night<br/></span>
<span class="i2">I’ll take, if for my own I may,<br/></span>
<span class="i10">The creed you hold—the right!<br/></span></div>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_027" id="page_027"></SPAN>{27}</span></p>
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