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But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.
We grow gray in our spirit long before we grow gray in our hair.
His hair stood upright like porcupine quills.
His hair stood upright like porcupine quills.
 The little wind that hardly shook
 The silver of the sleeping brook
  Blew the gold hair about read more 
 The little wind that hardly shook
 The silver of the sleeping brook
  Blew the gold hair about her eyes,--
   A mystery of mysteries.
    So he must often pause, and stoop,
     An all the wanton ringlets loop
      Behind her dainty ear--emprise
       Of slow event and many sighs. 
 It was brown with a golden gloss, Janette,
 It was finer than silk of the floss, my pet;
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 It was brown with a golden gloss, Janette,
 It was finer than silk of the floss, my pet;
  'Twas a beautiful mist falling down to your wrist,
   'Twas a thing to be braided, and jewelled, and kissed--
    'Twas the loveliest hair in the world, my pet. 
Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got read more
Hair is the first thing. And teeth the second. Hair and teeth. A man got those two things he's got it all.
Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but read more
Prejudice is like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.
 And yonder sits a maiden,
 The fairest of the fair,
  With gold in her garment glittering,
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 And yonder sits a maiden,
 The fairest of the fair,
  With gold in her garment glittering,
   And she combs her golden hair. 
 For whom do you bind your hair, plain in your neatness?
 [Lat., Cui flavam religas comam
  Simplex read more 
 For whom do you bind your hair, plain in your neatness?
 [Lat., Cui flavam religas comam
  Simplex munditiis?]