If you had the choice of two women to wed, br (Though of course the idea is quite absurd) br And the first from her heels to her dainty head br Was charming in every sense of the word: br And yet in the past (I grieve to state), br She never had been exactly "straight". br br And the second -- she was beyond all cavil, br A model of virtue, I must confess; br And yet, alas! she was dull as the devil, br And rather a dowd in the way of dress; br Though what she was lacking in wit and beauty, br She more than made up for in "sense of duty".