Status Updates From سالومي

I think I've been reading too much nonfiction because I'm like. Why do they all talk like this: "Thy mouth is redder than the feet of those who tread the wine in the wine-press. Thy mouth is redder than the feet of the doves who haunt the temples and are fed by the priests. It is redder than the feet of him who cometh from a forest where he hath slain a lion, and seen gilded tigers." Salome simile slalom

I'm reading this on project Gutenberg actually o my Gott what is that disastrous quasi Arabic font on the cover of this Goodreads version though. They said don't forget! Orientalism!