Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word!
Give me back my book and take my kiss instead.
Was it my enemy or my friend I heard,
"What a big book for such a little head!"
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Sweet and crafty, soft and sly. How wonderful are those words? ! ? ! ?
The opression of the day is felt so acutely here! Her words themselves show what was expected, and what was thought, of intelligent women of her day. Sad, though, that things aren't really that much different now. The point is made with sense of one being contentedly depressed, a phrase that I enjoy to use.
You've included an extra word in that second line that doesn't belong. It should say " Give back my book and take my kiss instead."