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The little wind that hardly shook The silver of the sleeping brook Blew the gold hair about her eyes,— :A mystery of mysteries. So he must often pause, and stoop, And all the wanton ringlets loop Behind her dainty ear—emprise Of slow event and many sighs.
The little wind that hardly shook The silver of the sleeping brook Blew the gold hair about her eyes,— :A mystery of mysteries. So he must often pause, and stoop, And all the wanton ringlets loop Behind her dainty ear—emprise Of slow event and many sighs.
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Printed page 348 · quotation 10 · W. D. Howells · Through the Meadow.
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