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THE COMB by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: MY MOTHER SATE ME AT HER GLASS
Last Line: ON HIGH THIS SPANGLING COMB.

My mother sate me at her glass;
This necklet of bright flowers she wove;
Crisscross her gentle hands did pass,
And wound in my hair her love.

Deep in the mirror our glances met,
And grieved, lest from her care I roam,
She kissed me through her tears, and set
On high this spangling comb.



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