He solemnly declared to all the story was not true

That Eve was made from Adam's rib, since he, the learned, knew

That woman, who is all the cause of trouble on the earth

Yet rules the world and all mankind lo, from her very birth,

Was made by the Creator great from Adam's funny bone,

And that is why she giggles so when men are wont to groan.


QUEEN OF FLOWERHOOD

Ah, rose, sweet rose, majestic flower,