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13 A kind whose look is too haughty,
    whose eyebrows arch as he looks down on others;
14 A kind whose very teeth cut like swords
    and whose jaws sever like knives,
All the better to consume the poor of the earth
    and the oppressed among men.

15 The leech has twin suckers;
    “More blood! More blood,” they demand.
Three other things are just as insatiable,
    no, make it four that never say, “Enough”:

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13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty,(A)
    whose glances are so disdainful;
14 those whose teeth(B) are swords
    and whose jaws are set with knives(C)
to devour(D) the poor(E) from the earth
    and the needy from among mankind.(F)

15 “The leech has two daughters.
    ‘Give! Give!’ they cry.

“There are three things that are never satisfied,(G)
    four that never say, ‘Enough!’:

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