When Lovely Woman


When lovely woman wants a favour
And finds, too late, her man won't bend,
What earthly circumstance can save her
From disappointment in the end?


The only way to bring him over,
The last experiment to try
Whether a husband, or a lover,
If he has feelings, is to cry!




Phoebe Cary   1824 - 1871
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