Compliment Your Wife

Compliment Your Wife

If you'd have her dearly love you
Ardently as God above you
Compliment her worthy actions,
Making no unjust exactions;

Treat her always in a way
That your deeds forever say:
"Darling wife, I love you ever,
Angry words will part us never."

Often kiss and hug and squeeze her,
That's the way to pet and please her;
Do not let her catch the notion
Yours is not a true devotion.

Don't believe the guilty rabble
Or the mischief-maker's gabble
Of the many things she's doing,
Of the other heart she's wooing;

Stick to her whate'er you do,
Trust her as she trusteth you;
For a home of love and pleasure
Is a truly priceless treasure.

When your tea or supper's over,
Don't start out and play the "rover,"
Stay at home - obey her wishes
Rock the babe or dry the dishes;

Don't go gadding over town
Like a lunatic or clown.
If it please her, take her walking,
Don't play mule and go to balking.

If she's tired and overbearing,
Do not then resort to swearing.
Treat her kindly, take life easy,
Don't be crabbed, rough, or "teasy";

With a reassuring smile
Kiss her once or twice a while,
And you'll notice what a change
Comes from little things so strange.

Love her as a lover would,
Treat her as a husband should,
Let that courtship ever last
That impelled you in the past;

Make your marriage one of worth,
That will last beyond this earth;
Court her love and wistful eye,
Keep on courting till you die.

Help her feel this life worth living;
Be forbearing and forgiving.
She will gladly bless and honor
You, for blessings heaped upon her,

And you never will regret
That in love you firmly met;
And when dead, in lonesome hours,
She will deck your grave with flowers.