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To --- --- enclosing a lock of hair.
Go, ringlet go:—thee from my brow
Which brightens at the thought, I take—
The soft complacent thought, that thou
Wert asked for thy sad wearer's sake
Which brightens at the thought, I take—
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Wert asked for thy sad wearer's sake
Go, ringlet, go:—thy fitful gleams
Ev'n when it beats no more, may show
The feelings of that heart, whose streams
Gave thee the needful strength to grow.
Ev'n when it beats no more, may show
The feelings of that heart, whose streams
Gave thee the needful strength to grow.
Let but a sun-beam round thee play
And thou'lt reflect a lustre glad,
But, hold thee from that beam away,
Again thy tint is dull and sad.
And thou'lt reflect a lustre glad,
But, hold thee from that beam away,
Again thy tint is dull and sad.
And like my heart thou'lt darkly lie
And seldom meet a cheering glow—
Poor ringlet, freighted with the sigh,
My lip ev'n now is breathing, go.
And seldom meet a cheering glow—
Poor ringlet, freighted with the sigh,
My lip ev'n now is breathing, go.
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