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FASHION'S FOLLY by S. W. CHAMBERLAIN

First Line: I KNEW A MAIDEN FAIR AND SWEET
Last Line: DOWN OVER BOTH HER EARS.
Subject(s): EARRINGS;

I KNEW a maiden fair and sweet,
Whom I had loved for years.
At last one day I told her this,
Although with many fears.

At first she did not say a word,
Then in a pleasant way
She looked out to the west, and said:
"It @3is@1 a pleasant day."

She had not heard a single word,
She's told me since with tears;
She wore her hair, as some girls will,
Down over both her ears.



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