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"ONLY a housemaid!" She looked from the kitchen,--

Neat was the kitchen and tidy was she;

There at her window a sempstress sat stitching;

"Were I a sempstress, how happy I'd be!"

"Only a Queen!" She looked over the waters,--

Fair was her kingdom and mighty was she;

There sat an Empress, with Queens for her daughters;

"Were I an Empress, how happy I'd be!"

Still the old frailty they all of them trip in!

Eve in her daughters is ever the same;

Give her all Eden, she sighs for a pippin;

Give her an Empire, she pines for a name!