XV + 

In this the love of the fair sex + 

Beats that of friends and relatives: + 

In love, although its tempests vex, + 

Our liberty at least survives: + 

Agreed! but then the whirl of fashion, + 

The natural fickleness of passion, + 

The torrent of opinion, + 

And the fair sex as light as down! + 

Besides the hobbies of a spouse + 

Should be respected throughout life + 

By every proper-minded wife, + 

And this the faithful one allows, + 

When in an instant she is lost⁠— + 

Satan will jest, and at love’s cost. + 