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If They Meant All They Said

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Charm is a woman's strongest arm;     My charwoman is full of charm;     I chose her, not for strength of arm     But for her strange, elusive charm.     And how tears heighten woman's powers!     My typist weeps for hours and hours:     I took her for her weeping powers,     They so delight my business hours.     A woman lives by intuition.     Though my accountant shuns addition     She has the rarest intuition.     (And I myself can do addition.)     Timidity in girls is nice.     My cook is so afraid of mice.     Now you'll admit it's very nice     To feel your cook's afraid of mice.

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