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Smooth the hair;
Silken waves of sunny brown
Lay upon the white brow down,
Crowned with blossoms rare;
Lilies on a golden stream,
Ne'er to fall in tendrils bright
On her shoulders bare and white;
Ne'er to float in summer air
Wreathed with meadow daisies fair.
Lay away the broken crown
And your broken dream,
With one shining tress of hair,
Nevermore to need your care.
Silken waves of sunny brown
Lay upon the white brow down,
Crowned with blossoms rare;
Lilies on a golden stream,
Ne'er to fall in tendrils bright
On her shoulders bare and white;
Ne'er to float in summer air
Wreathed with meadow daisies fair.
Lay away the broken crown
And your broken dream,
With one shining tress of hair,
Nevermore to need your care.
