Some Chinese Folklore — Arthur Robinson Wright

Then a woman's upper garment,And her skirt should teach againThat, though living with her husband, she is on a different plane,She should follow and be humble, that it ne'er be said by men,That "the morning there is published by the crowing of the hen."

Have you ever learned the reasonFor the binding of your feet?'Tis from fear that 'twill be easy to go out upon the street.It is not that they are handsome when thus like a crooked bow.That ten thousand wraps and bindings are thus bound around them so!