Dux Femina Facti

Adam, the first of men, a woman did beguile;
A woman's wile
Robbed Samson of his vision,
Brought David to derision;
And Solomon, the loved of God, through one came nigh perdition.
Absalom's beauty 'gainst a woman's wiles was unavailing.
This fate the mighty Alexander, too, befell;
Virgil as well
By woman's craft was cheated,
Holofernes defeated,
And Aristotle by a dame was mercilessly treated.
A woman razed the town of Troy and filled the land with wailing.
Achilles' lot was just the same;
The savage Asahel grew tame;
King Arthur's shame
From woman came;
Parzifal sorrowed for a dame.
Since Love has always been to blame,
Tho' a woman burn or freeze my heart, what cause have I for railing?