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“She was a good deal shock’d; not shock’d at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking; But there is something when man’s eye appears Wet, still more disagreeable and striking; A woman’s tear-drop melts, a man’s half sears, Like molten lead, as if you thrust a pike in His heart to force it out, for (to be shorter) To them ’tis a relief, to us a torture.” — Lord Byron
She was a good deal shock’d; not shock’d at tears,
For women shed and use them at their liking;
But there is something when man’s eye appears
Wet, still more disagreeable and striking;
A woman’s tear-drop melts, a man’s half sears,
Like molten lead, as if you thrust a pike in
His heart to force it out, for (to be shorter)
To them ’tis a relief, to us a torture.