Landon in The Literary Gazette 1835/The Empire of Woman
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Literary Gazette, 24th January, 1835, Page 59
The Empire of Woman.—Schiller.
Her might is gentleness—she winneth sway
By a soft word, and by a softer look;
Where she, the gentle-loving one, hath failed,
The proud or stern might never yet succeed.
Strength, power, and majesty, belong to man;
They make the glory native to his life;
But sweetness is a woman's attribute—
By that she has reigned, and by that will reign.
There have been some who, with a mightier mind,
Have won dominion—but they never won
The dearer empire of the beautiful:—
Sweet sovereigns in their natural loveliness.
L. E. L.