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EPIGRAM CXLV.
[In China, when an husband's praise]
VIRES ACQUIRIT EUNDO.
In China, when an husband's praise
The beauties of his wife displays,
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To rank her growing length of nails.
'Twould give our married men some fear,
Had beauty such a standard here!
For sure (I speak it with concern)
Things might, sometimes, take such a turn,
That as a lady's talons grew,
Her passions might get stronger too!
Tongues without nails (excuse me if I'm wrong)
Are always long enough—if not too long.
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