When Lovely Woman
When lovely woman wants a favor,
And finds, too late, that man won't bend,
What earthly circumstance can save her
From disappointment in the end?
The only way to bring him over,
The last experiment to try,
Whether a husband or a lover,
If he have feeling, is, to cry!
This poem was written by a poet from Ohio. Phoebe Cary lived a long time ago. She wrote poems with her sister and then on her own. She was a strong advocate of women's civil rights.