As unto the bow the cord is,

So unto the man is woman:

Though she bends him, she obeys him;

Though she draws him, yet she follows;

Useless each without the other.

Longfellow, “Hiawatha.”

Not like to like, but like in difference:

But in the long years liker must they grow;

The man be more of woman, she of man;

He gain in sweetness and in moral height,