"True genius, but true woman! dost deny Thy woman's nature with a manly scorn, And break away the gauds and armlets worn By weaker women in captivity? Ah, vain denial! that revolted cry Is sobb'd in by a woman's voice forlorn! Thy woman's hair, my sister, all unshorn, Floats back dishevell'd strength in agony, Disproving thy man's name! and while before The world thou burnest in a poet-fire, We see thy woman-heart beat evermore Through the large flame. Beat purer, heart, and higher, Till God unsex thee on the heavenly shore, Where unincarnate spirits purely aspire."
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "To George Sand (A Recognition)"
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