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 "Are women mad? A few are, And if it's true you say— If most men are as you are— We'll all be mad some day. Be calm—and let me finish; There's more for you to know. I'll talk while you diminish, And listen while you grow.

"There was a man who married Because he couldn't see; And all his days he carried The mark of his degree. But you—you came clear-sighted, And found truth in my eyes; And all my wrongs you've righted With lies, and lies, and lies.