O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Walter ScottThe chain of friendship, however bright, does not stand the attrition of constant close contact.
Walter ScottThen hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
Walter Scott