Poetry Excerpts

From "A Woman's Question" by Lena Lathrop

Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing
Ever made by the Hand above?
A woman's heart, and a woman's life--
And a woman's wonderful love.

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I require all things that are grand and true,
All things that a man should be;
If you give this all, I would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.