Classic Poem

Schone, wirtschaftliche Dame

Lovely and efficient lady,
House and farm are well endowed;
And your cellar's well appointed,
And your fields are all well ploughed.

In your clean and shining garden
Weeds can never raise their heads;
And the straw, when threshing's over,
Will be used to stuff the beds.

But your heart and lips, fair lady,
Fallow lie, as hard as stone;
And the bed is but half useful
Where you lie and sleep — alone.