The Works of Abraham Cowley/Volume 2/The Resolution
THE RESOLUTION.
The devil take those foolish menWho gave you first such powers!We stood on even grounds till then;If any odds, creation made it ours.
For shame, let these weak chains be broke;Let's our slight bonds, like Samson, tear;And nobly cast away that yoke,Which we nor our forefathers e'er could bear.
French laws forbid the female reign;Yet Love does them to slavery draw:Alas! if we'll our rights maintain,’Tis all mankind must make a Salique law.