Then bow thy neck, and with submissive air

Receive the yoke thou must forever wear.

To a fond spouse a wife no mercy shows;

Though warmed with equal fires, she mocks his wos,

And triumphs in his spoils; her wayward will

Defeats his bliss, and turns his good to ill.

Naught must be given, if she opposes; naught,

If she opposes, must be sold or bought;

She tells him where to love, and where to hate;

Shuts out the ancient friend, whose beard his gate