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“An harmless flaming meteor shone for hair, And fell adown his shoulders with loose care.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Davideis. Book ii. Line 95.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- d2d2170ccabfb44be559b3ddcd254835e889be012cc156b9a21c6f6e9cfe64f7
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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