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Her cap of velvet could not hold The tresses of her hair of gold, That flowed and floated like the stream. And fell in masses down her neck.

Her cap of velvet could not hold The tresses of her hair of gold, That flowed and floated like the stream. And fell in masses down her neck.
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Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)

Printed page 348 · quotation 13 · Longfellow · Christus. The Golden Legend. Pt. VI. L. 375.

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