But Men are Men and Women Women too.
As far as I could see into their Hearts,
They act, as we do, well and ill their parts;
And we must think, the more of [man] we see,
That he is not the thing he ought to be; 30
But, go where’er you will, you’ll ever find
Man is a selfish and a sinful kind.”
So David thought, when he was stout and stern
And had his Pittance by his toil to earn.
On my return a pensioned man I found,