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"As much pity to see a woman weep as to see a goose go barefoot."
No escape, little creature! The earth hath no place / For the woman who seeketh to fly from her race. / Poor, ignorant, timid, too helpless to roam, / The woman must bear what befalls her, at home. / Bear bravely, bear dumbly-it is but the same / That all others endure who live under the name. / No escape, little creature!