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9.

[Not from his head was woman took]

God took one of his ribs. —ii. 21.

Not from his head was woman took,
As made her husband to o'erlook;
Not from his feet, as one design'd
The footstool of the stronger kind;
But fashion'd for himself, a bride,
An equal, taken from his side;
Her place intended to maintain,
The mate, and glory of the man,
To rest, as still beneath his arm,
Protected by her lord from harm,
And never from his heart removed,
As only less than God beloved.