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My mother bids me bind my hair With bands of rosy hue, Tie up my sleeves with ribbands rare, And lace my bodice blue; For why, she cries, sit still and weep, While others dance and play? Alas, I scarce can go or creep, While Rubin is away.
My mother bids me bind my hair With bands of rosy hue, Tie up my sleeves with ribbands rare, And lace my bodice blue; For why, she cries, sit still and weep, While others dance and play? Alas, I scarce can go or creep, While Rubin is away.
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- Anne Hunter (identity unresolved)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
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