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THE EXPLANATION; EPIGRAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE

First Line: CHARLES, DISCOURSING RATHER FREELY
Last Line: "THAN THE BEST THAT SHE CAN DO!"
Subject(s): WOMEN;

CHARLES, discoursing rather freely
Of the unimportant part
Which (he said) our clever women
Play in Science and in Art,
"Ah! -- the sex you undervalue;"
Cried his lovely cousin Jane.
"No, indeed!" responded Charley,
"Pray allow me to explain;
Such a paragon is woman,
That, you see, it must be true
She is always vastly better
Than the best that she can do!"



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