By day she made her stitches right,

But pulled them out again by night,

Until her husband, tired of larks,

Came home and slew that bunch of sparks.

The husband, even though he err

And lead abroad a lively life,

Dislikes, when he comes back to her,

To find that others woo his wife.

Ulysses lacked in morals—true,

But she had quite enough for two—