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Shoes thinly woven of the dolichos fibre, |
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May be used to walk on the hoarfrost. |
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The delicate fingers of a bride, |
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May be used in making clothes. |
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[His bride] puts the waistband to his lower garment and the collar to his upper, |
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And he, a wealthy man, wears them. |
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Wealthy, he moves about quite at ease, |
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And politely he stands aside to the left. |
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From his girdle hangs his ivory comb-pin. |
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It is the narrowness of his disposition, |
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Which makes him a subject for satire. |