As my letter must be brief, <br />I'll at once state my belief, <br />And this it is -- that, since the world began, <br />And Adam first did say, <br />"'Twas Eve led me astray," <br />A woman hath more patience than a man. <br /> <br />If a man's obliged to wait <br />For some one who's rather late, <br />No mortal ever got in such a stew, <br />And if something can't be found <br />That he's sure should be around, <br />The listening air sometimes grows fairly blue. <br /> <br />Just watch a man who tries <br />To soothe a baby's cries; <br />Or put a stove pipe up in weather cold, <br />Into what a state he'll get; <br />How he'll fuss and fume and fret <br />And stamp and bluster round and storm and scold! <br /> <br />Some point to Job with pride, <br />As an argument for their side! <br />Why, it was so rare a patient man to see, <br />That when one was really found, <br />His discoverers were bound <br />To preserve for him a place in history! <br /> <br />And while I admit it's true <br />That man has some patience too, <br />And that woman isn't always sweetly calm, <br />Still I think all must agree <br />On this central fact -- that she <br />For central all-round patience bears the palm.<br /><br />Lucy Maud Montgomery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/which-has-more-patience-man-or-woman/
