grania woman i am born what does woman mean must my dreams face scorn held back and unseen if i long for fire must it stay unreal can i not desire am i not to feel if i ache to taste am i not to try if my heart says sail why should i deny i have my dreams i have made plans i see horizons wide as a man s must i be nothing till i m some man s wife look at this face does it deceive do i look made to milk and to weave i will be damned to hell if that is my life blasphemy i know forgive me but i won t take it back i won t tiernan i understand you somehow i never pictured you knitting grania i m almost your age i m your match in size i m as skilled with swords and equal in most eyes but when you have a dream and you re caught in its grip you can climb aboard a ship you can you can for you re a man you can reach toward that place where the earth meets the sky fight a battle be brave be true if you can do it why not i i m meant to fly sail unrestrained why is man free and woman chained is that my epitaph before i die i should be free free to be grace so i can feel the wind on my face and when life beckons i should go face out the storm not stay below am i to be just woman no not i 