TO CELIA
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(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.