(_Who refuses to be drawn into an argument_)
DEAR, if you carelessly agree,
With that so irritating air,
To every word that falls from me—
Dear, if you care
To drive a lover to despair
With bland “Oh, yes,” and “Ah, I see,”—
Why, do it, if you like—so there!
It vindicates my theory
No woman’s wise as well as fair;
And yet ... how clever you can be,
Dear, if you care!
_E. H. Lacon Watson._