The Free Woman

What was not done on earth by incapacity Of old, was promised for the life to be. But I will build a heaven which shall prove A lovelier paradise To your brave mortal eyes Than the eternal tranquil promise of the Good. For freedom I will give perfected love, For which you shall not pay in shelter or in food. For the work of my head and hands I will be paid, But I take no fee to be wedded, or to remain a maid.