“Let not woman e’er complain”

Let not woman e’er complain   Of inconstancy in love; Let not woman e’er complain   Fickle man is apt to rove; Look abroad through Nature’s range, Nature’s mighty law is change; Ladies, would it not be strange   Man should then a monster prove? Mark the winds, and mark the skies;   Ocean’s ebb and ocean’s flow; Sun and moon but set to rise,   Round and round the seasons go. Why then ask of silly man, To oppose great Nature’s plan? We ’ll be constant while we can,—   You can be no more, you know.