> OK, here's the poem. It's by John Donne. He was extremely sexist, but I like his poetry, so
> have convinced myself that his sexism was a sort of tongue-in-cheek humour. ;)

I think it *was* tongue-in-cheek humour. He was very good at that sort of thing.
One of my other favourite Donne poems is "The Flea", in which the poet spins a line of clever rubbish to convince his lady love to consummate their relationship, on the grounds that it's more or less been consummated already.

"Song" is my very favourite Donne poem, though. I first came across it in a fantasy novel where somebody uses it to set a curse on the hero.

Paul