With praise and glory of white womanhood,

The chaste and pure—troll no such lies o'er lip!

Put in their stead a crudity or two,

Such short and simple statement of the case

As youth chalks on our walls at spring of year!

No! I shall still think nobler of the sex,

Believe a woman still may take a man

For the short period that his soul wears flesh,

And, for the soul's sake, understand the fault

Of armor frayed by fighting. Tush, it tempts