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First Line: The star that beams on anna's breast
Last Line: But all the honour mine.
Subject(s): Hair


THE star that beams on Anna's breast
Conceals her William's hair,
'Twas lately severed from the rest
To be promoted there.
The heart that beats beneath that breast
Is William's well I know,
A nobler prize and richer far
Than India could bestow.
She thus his favoured lot prefers,
To make her William shine;
The ornament indeed is hers,
But all the honour mine.





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