Said Jones: "I'm glad my wife's not clever; <br />Her intellect is second-rate. <br />If she was witty she would never <br />Give me a chance to scintillate; <br />But cap my humorous endeavour <br />And make me seem as addle-pate." <br /> <br />Said Smith: "I'm glad my wife's no beauty, <br />For if a siren's charm she had, <br />And stinted her domestic duty, <br />I fear that she would drive me mad: <br />For I am one of those sad fellows <br />Who are unreasonably jealous." <br /> <br />Said Brown: ""I know my wife's not witty, <br />Nor is she very long on looks; <br />She's neither humorous nor pretty, <br />But oh how she divinely cooks! <br />You guys must come some night to dinner - <br />You'll see my little girl's a winner." <br /> <br />So it's important in our lives, <br />(Exaggerating more or less), <br />To be content with our wives, <br />And prize the virtues they possess; <br />And with dispraise to turn one's back <br />On all the qualities they lack.<br /><br />Robert William Service<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/three-wives/
