Whom some in mirth or malice call a “Blue.”
There needs no more—when that same word is said,
The men grow shy, respectful, and afraid;
Save the choice friends who in her colour dress,
And all her praise in words like hers express.
Why should proud man in man that knowledge prize,
Which he affects in woman to despise?
Is he not envious when a lady gains, }
In hours of leisure, and with little pains, 10}
What he in many a year with painful toil obtains? }