But lovely woman with her witching wiles
Far better acts her part than awkward man;
With clever, ready wit she takes her cues,
Adapts herself to each and every rôle,
Is sad or merry, grave or gay, at will;
Enacts with equal ease the pert soubrette,
Or blushing ingénue, or tragic queen,
And in her time plays many various parts,
Her acts being seven ages.
At first the infant,