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The Two Locks of Hair by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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A youth, light-hearted and content,
&nbsp I wander through the world
Here, Arab-like, is pitched my tent
&nbsp And straight again is furled.

Yet oft I dream, that once a wife
&nbsp Close in my heart was locked,
And in the sweet repose of life
&nbsp A blessed child I rocked.

I wake! Away that dream,—away!
&nbsp Too long did it remain!
So long, that both by night and day
&nbsp It ever comes again.

The end lies ever in my thought;
&nbsp To a grave so cold and deep
The mother beautiful was brought;
&nbsp Then dropt the child asleep.

But now the dream is wholly o'er,
&nbsp I bathe mine eyes and see;
And wander through the world once more,
&nbsp A youth so light and free.

Two locks—and they are wondrous fair—
&nbsp Left me that vision mild;
The brown is from the mother's hair,
&nbsp The blond is from the child.

And when I see that lock of gold,
&nbsp Pale grows the evening-red;
And when the dark lock I behold,
&nbsp I wish that I were dead.

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