I Ran Against A Prejudice That Quite

I Used To Lie Awake As A Child And Get More Entertainment And Terror Out Of Blank Walls And Plain Furniture Than Most Children Could Find In A Toy-store.

I Was Climbing Up A Mountain-path With Many Things To Do, Important Business Of My Own, And Other People's Too, When I Ran Against A Prejudice That Quite Cut Off The View.

As For Mother Eve - I Wasn't There And Can't Deny The Story, But I Will Say This. If She Brought Evil Into The World, We Men Have Had The Lion's Share Of Keeping It Going Ever Since.

Said I, In Scorn All Burning Hot,in Rage And Anger High,"you Ignominious Idiot,those Wings Are Made To Fly!

It Is The Same Woman, I Know, For She Is Always Creeping, And Most Women Do Not Creep By Daylight.