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 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother 
is dead, and he is read more 
 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother 
is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way 
in the which we go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with 
sorrow to the grave. 
The hair is the richest ornament of women.
The hair is the richest ornament of women.
 And angling too, that solitary vice,
 What Izaak Walton sings or says:
  The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, read more 
 And angling too, that solitary vice,
 What Izaak Walton sings or says:
  The quaint, old, cruel coxcomb, in his gullet
   Should have a hook, and a small trout to pull it. 
 Loose his beard, and hoary hair
 Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air.  
 Loose his beard, and hoary hair
 Stream's, like a meteor, to the troubled air. 
 I pray thee let me and my fellow have
 A hair of the dog that bit us last night.  
 I pray thee let me and my fellow have
 A hair of the dog that bit us last night. 
 Dear, dead women, with such hair, too--what's become of all the 
gold
 Used to hang and brush their read more 
 Dear, dead women, with such hair, too--what's become of all the 
gold
 Used to hang and brush their bosoms? 
 Those curious locks so aptly twin'd,
 Whose every hair a soul doth bind.  
 Those curious locks so aptly twin'd,
 Whose every hair a soul doth bind. 
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with baldness.
It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with baldness.
One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.
One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.