 | The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe |  |
THE EXPLANATION.
Charles, discoursing rather freelyOf the unimportant part
Which (he said) our clever women
Play in Science and in Art,
“Ah!—the sex you undervalue;”
Cried his lovely cousin Jane.
“No, indeed!” responded Charley,
“Pray allow me to explain;
Such a paragon is woman,
That, you see, it must be true
She is always vastly better
Than the best that she can do!”
| The poetical works of John Godfrey Saxe | |