Day of hope and day of glory! After slavery and woe, <br />Comes the dawn of woman's freedom, and the light shall grow and grow <br />Until every man and woman equal liberty shall know, <br />In Freedom marching on! <br /> <br />Woman's right is woman's duty! For our share in life we call! <br />Our will it is not weakened and our power it is not small. <br />We are half of every nation! We are mothers of them all! <br />In Wisdom marching on! <br /> <br />Not for self but larger service has our cry for freedom grown, <br />There is crime, disease and warfare in a world of men alone, <br />In the name of love we're rising now to serve and save our own, <br />As Peace comes marching on! <br /> <br />By every sweet and tender tie around our heartstrings curled, <br />In the cause of nobler motherhood is woman's flag unfurled, <br />Till every child shall know the joy and peace of mother's world– <br />As Love comes marching on! <br /> <br />We will help to make a pruning hook of every outgrown sword, <br />We will help to knit the nations in continuing accord, <br />In humanity made perfect is the glory of the Lord, <br />As His world goes marching on!<br /><br />Charlotte Perkins Stetson Gilman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-for-equal-suffrage/
