A Woman's Sigh For Freedom

Oh, to be alone! To escape f rom the work, the play, The talking every day; Toescape írom all I have done. And all that remains to do. To escape- yes, even from yon, My only love, and be Alone and f ree. Could I only stand Between gTay moor and gray sky Where the winds anl the plovers cry, A"H no man is at hand; And f eel the freo vind blow On my rain wet face, and know I am free - not yours, bnt my owdFree, and alone! For the soft firelight And the home oí your heart, my dear, They hurt, being always here. I want to stand upright. And to cool my eyes in the ah-. And to seO how my back can bear Burdeos - to try, to know, To learn, to grawl I am only yon! I am youra, part of yon, yonr wif e! And 1 have no other Life, I cannot thinlt, cannot do; I cannot breathe, cannot see; There is 4iTis," bat there is not "me;" And worsöv at your kiss I grow Contentedao.