Poems (Rossetti, 1901)/A Helpmeet for him

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4553628Poems — A Helpmeet for himChristina Georgina Rossetti
"A HELPMEET FOR HIM."
WOMAN was made for man's delight;
Charm, O woman, be not afraid!
His shadow by day, his moon by night,
Woman was made.

Her strength with weakness is overlaid;
Meek compliances veil her might;
Him she stays, by whom she is stayed.

World-wide champion of truth and right,
Hope in gloom and in danger aid,
Tender and faithful, ruddy and white,
Woman was made.