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... snood , her silken plaid , Her golden brooch , such birth betrayed . And seldom was a snood amid Such wild luxuriant ringlets hid , Whose glossy black to shame might bring The plumage of the raven's wing ; And seldom o'er a breast so ...
... snood , her silken plaid , Her golden brooch , such birth betrayed . And seldom was a snood amid Such wild luxuriant ringlets hid , Whose glossy black to shame might bring The plumage of the raven's wing ; And seldom o'er a breast so ...
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... snood untied , Yet ne'er again to braid her hair The virgin snood did Alice wear ; Gone was her maiden glee and sport , Her maiden girdle all too short , Nor sought she , from that fatal night , Or holy church or blessed rite , But ...
... snood untied , Yet ne'er again to braid her hair The virgin snood did Alice wear ; Gone was her maiden glee and sport , Her maiden girdle all too short , Nor sought she , from that fatal night , Or holy church or blessed rite , But ...
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... snood did Alice wear . The snood , or riband , with which a Scottish lass braided her hair , had an emblematical signification , and applied to her maiden character . It was exchanged for the curch , toy , or coif , when she passed , by ...
... snood did Alice wear . The snood , or riband , with which a Scottish lass braided her hair , had an emblematical signification , and applied to her maiden character . It was exchanged for the curch , toy , or coif , when she passed , by ...
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