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From: Songs of The Bride, The Hague Satyres.
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The Bride and the Third Group of Bachelors
or the encouraging Rejection.
[Bruid]
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What else she observed

from the top of the Large Glass:
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However, there are a few who did choose

to take the obstacle of the Seven Sieves.

They almost stumbled upon the terrain

of the Optometrist

who will instruct them to

view her Stripping

metaphorically not literally.
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But because they were pushed and shoved

in Three Directions

to emerge from the Sieves

they became so dizzy

that they were unable

to define their positions and

point upward in unison

to Her Domain.
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She hopes that these Bachelors

do not continue to wander

But will resolve

To complete their journey

And she requests them politely

To answer the following questions:
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Is it true

That they conquer space

Only in their lives

Not in their art

That they establish institutions

Only in their lives

Not in their art

That they create hierarchies

Only in their lives

Not in their art

That they build thought systems

Only in their lives

not in their art?
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Is it true

-It is a rumor she prefers to ignore-

that they are unable to get one and all

of their organizations

of their administrations

of their bureaucracies

and take them along through the sieves

as a gift to Her and her Court?
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As long as she cannot obtain

Information about these affairs

The Bride will continue to travel alone

And should she no longer know

How to travel further:

her Top Inscriptions will show the way.
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