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Corona Inutilis

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I twined a wreath of heather white     To bind my ladys hair,     And deemed her locks in even light     Would well the burden bear;     But when I saw the tresses brown,     And found the face so fair,     I tore the wreath, and left the crown     Of beauty only there.

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