Lapsus Calami (Apr 1891)/A Thought
For other versions of this work, see A Thought (Stephen).
A Thought.
If all the harm that women have doneWere put in a bundle and rolled into one,Earth would not hold it,The sky could not enfold it,It could not be lighted nor warmed by the sun;Such masses of evil Would puzzle the devilAnd keep him in fuel while Time's wheels run.
But if all the harm that's been done by menWere doubled and doubled and doubled again,And melted and fused into vapour and thenWere squared and raised to the power of ten,There wouldn't be nearly enough, not near,To keep a small girl for a tenth of a year.
The Granta, Feb. 1891.