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ELEGANCE.
ACACIA ROSE.
The world has won her—she has learnedIts measured smile and tread;
The foot that once the snowflake spurned
By courtly rule is led;
And Fashion's hand has smoothed the fold
Of that luxuriant hair,
Where once the tress of glossy gold
Waved wildly on the air.
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