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Nature has given horns

To bulls, and hoofs to horses,

Swiftness to hares,

To lions yawning teeth,

To fishes swimming,

To birds flight,

To men wisdom.

For woman she had nothing beside;

What then does she give? Beauty,—

Instead of all sheilds,

Instead of all spears;

And she conquers even iron

And fire, who is beautiful.