Another Riddle.

0I am a strange creature, for i satisfy women...02br
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00I grow very tall, erect in a bed,02br
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00I'm hairy underneath,02br
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00From time to time a beautiful girl the brave daughter of some fellow dares to hold me.02br
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00Grips my reddish skin, robs me of my head and puts me in the pantry,02br
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00At once that girl with plaited hair who has confined me,02br
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00Remembers our meeting. Her eye moistens,02br
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00I got this out of a book in my British Literature class.0-