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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. 28