English poem
THE OPPOSING SEX.
by Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
The Widows of Ashur Are loud in their wailing: "No longer the 'masher' Sees Widows of Ashur!" So each is a lasher Of Man's smallest failing. The Widows of Ashur Are loud in their wailing.
The Cave of Adullam, That home of reviling— No wooing can gull 'em In Cave of Adullam. No angel can lull 'em To cease their defiling The Cave of Adullam, That home of reviling.
At men they are cursing— The Widows of Ashur; Themselves, too, for nursing The men they are cursing. The praise they're rehearsing Of every slasher At men. They are cursing The Widows of Ashur.