(And all for a man; and there’s no man lives

Who is worth the odds that a woman gives.)

So that since you hazarded this for me

On the day love’s die was cast,

I’ll love you—gambler!—while “fours” beat three;

And I’ll lay on our love to last,

So long as a man will wager a price

On a horse or a card or the ball or the dice.

NINON AND ROSES