How hard is the fortune of all womankind - Boyce, William

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"Published in Lyra Britannica (re-edited, c.1786)"

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre → Glees ♬ Voicing → SS ¶ Language → English

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CPDL # 70351

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2022-08-11

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How hard is the fortune of all womankind, For ever subjected, for ever confin'd. Our parents control us until we are wives; Our husbands enslave us the rest of our lives. Tho' fondly we love, yet we dare not reveal. But secretly languish, compell'd to conceal: Denied ev'ry freedom of life to enjoy, We're sham'd if we're kind, and we're blamed if we're coy.