Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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With dying sunlight crown...
With dying sunlight crown...
...sunset's crown of gold...
...will be surprised, O friend of my bosom, to learn that here neither the men nor the women attach any importance to their hair. None of the graces of a closely cropped crown or a long plait adorn American heads. The men cut off their hair in places called barber's shops, where three times a week they have their faces painted white with a mixture of froth and fire-water. I was curious to visit such a barber's shop, and what did I see? Three men were stretched out full-length and wrapped up in towels, with shut...
Like love's desire, thy crown of fire...