Poems (Eddy)/Woman's Rights

by Mary Baker Eddy

For works with similar titles, see Woman's Rights.

WOMAN'S RIGHTS

RAVE on her monumental pile:She won from vice, by virtue's smile, Her dazzling crown, her sceptered throne, Affection's wreath, a happy home;

The right to worship deep and pure, To bless the orphan, feed the poor; Last at the cross to mourn her Lord, First at the tomb to hear his word:

To fold an angel's wings below; And hover o'er the couch of woe; To nurse the Bethlehem babe so sweet, The right to sit at Jesus' feet;

To form the bud for bursting bloom, The hoary head with joy to crown; In short, the right to work and pray, "To point to heaven and lead the way."

Lynn, Mass., May 6, 1876.