1. A woman is a man's fate
His partner, friend and mate

2. Life is not sweet without her
A thousand lives don't equate

3. And if she becomes cross
Life becomes woe and loss

4. Nothing makes her cross
Except a stranger's dross

5. If a pearl necklace is worn
By a mule, it looks forlorn

6. A lily beside a billy goat
Becomes a stench to scorn

7. So gentle things lose their charm
Among the coarse, crude and harm

8. Know this, O learned and poet
People of every norm