What then in love can woman do? If we grow fond they shun us. And when we fly them, they pursue: But leave us when they've won us.

The fly that sips treacle is lost in the sweets, So he that tastes woman, woman, woman; He that tastes woman, ruin meets

Man may escape from rope and gun; Nay, some have outliv'd the doctor's pill: Who takes a woman must be undone, That basilisk is sure to kill

'Tis woman that seduces all mankind, / By her we first were taught the wheedling arts.

Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us, / And fires us / With courage, love and joy. / Women and wine should life employ. / Is there aught else on earth desirous?

If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, the mist is dispelled when a woman appears