This poem was published in the Ennis Chronicle and Clare Advertiser on the 25th October 1809 and reflects nineteenth century humour.
Happy a man may pass his life, If freed from matrimonial chains, If he’s diverted by a wife, He’s sure to suffer for his pains. What tongue is able to unfold, The falsehoods that in Women dwell, Virtues in Women you behold, Are almost imperceptible. Adam could find no solid peace, When Eve was given for a mate, ‘Till he beheld a Woman’s face, Adam was in a happy state. For in sex, you’ll see appear, Hypocrisy, Deceit and Pride, Truth, darling of a heart sincere, In Women can never reside. Destruction take the Men, I say, Who make the Women their delight, Who no regard to Women pay, Keep reason always in their sight.Note- Those who are more favorably inclined towards the fair sex, must read the first and third line, and then the second and fourth of each verse.
This poem was found by Dr Katie Barclay in the course of her research. She is the rather eccentric person peering short-sightedly at the microfilm in your local archive, chuckling to herself.
