DUX FEMINA VIA
My wise Professor Kurniker
Has not quite wisely said
That masculines in German
Will ever rank ahead.
But how about good Mother Earth,
The sun, air and the sea,
Without which not a single soul
Could in existence be?
Depending on the masculines
We could not even speak
For we would have no lips, lung, tongue
Or voices strong or weak.
What sights we'd be without our skin
And none of us could write
Sans pen and hand and without fists
What freaks we'd be without our cheeks,
Our shoulders, chest and nose
And how could we walk all about
Unless we had our toes?
We'd have no milk to keep us well,
No butter for our bread.
On most of the delicious fruits
We could not then be fed.
But few sweet flowers we would have
To cheer the sick and sad;
No lovely pearls of greatest price
To make the ladies glad.
We would not have a church or bank
Post-office or good school;
No linen, silk or wool to wear
When Jack Frost makes us cool.
We could not patriotic be
With no flag for our own
And without a good naval fleet
Without a purse or library,
Without a cup for tea,
Sans the ETERNAL FEMININE
What would this poor world be?
Without the seasons and the week,
Without the night and stars,
We'd better leave this mundane sphere
And fly right up to Mars.