WHAT would be the use of singing songs <br />If there was no little woman near to hear them? <br />What would be the use of righting wrongs <br />If a little woman didn't cease to fear them? <br />What would be the use of getting rich, <br />Oh, what would be the use of winning fame, <br />If the conquest wasn't really something which <br />Brought glory to a little woman's name? <br /> <br />What would be the use of all the striving, <br />The turmoil and the heartache and the sighs? <br />Who would bear the goad of ceaseless driving <br />If it wasn't for the lovelight in her eyes? <br />If it wasn't for a woman's tender glances, <br />Who waits at home with welcome fond and true, <br />If we ever ceased to live our sweet romances, <br />What would be the use of all we do?<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-influence-of-woman/
