Here in my heart I am Helen; <br /> I'm Aspasia and Hero, at least. <br />I'm Judith, and Jael, and Madame de Stael; <br /> I'm Salome, moon of the East. <br /> <br />Here in my soul I am Sappho; <br /> Lady Hamilton am I, as well. <br />In me Recamier vies with Kitty O'Shea, <br /> With Dido, and Eve, and poor Nell. <br /> <br />I'm of the glamorous ladies <br /> At whose beckoning history shook. <br />But you are a man, and see only my pan, <br /> So I stay at home with a book.<br /><br />Dorothy Parker<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-of-one-of-the-girls/
