The Poetical Writings of Fitz-Greene Halleck/Honor to Woman

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HONOR TO WOMAN.

FROM THE GERMAN OF GOETHE.

All honor to woman, the Sweetheart, the Wife,
The delight of our homesteads by night and by day,
The darling who never does harm in her life,
Except when determined to have her own way.