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“And the sun had on a crown Wrought of gilded thistledown, And a scarf of velvet vapor And a raveled rainbow gown; And his tinsel-tangled hair Tossed and lost upon the air Was glossier and flossier Than any anywhere.”

Lost Sun Air Hair Crowns Rainbow Velvet Gowns Tangled Vapor Scarves Gilded Tinsel Tangled Hair

Book:Riley Child-Rhymes with Hoosier Pictures

Source: Riley Child-Rhymes with Hoosier Pictures

“Where is truth, forsooth, and who knoweth it? Is Beauty beautiful, or is it only our eyes that make it so? Does Venus squint? Has she got a splay-foot, red hair, and a crooked back? Anoint my eyes, good Fairy Puck, so that I may ever consider the Beloved Object a paragon! Above all, keep on anointing my mistress's dainty peepers with the very strongest ointment, so that my noddle may ever appear lovely to her, and that she may continue to crown my honest ears with fresh roses!”

Source: The Virginians: Christie's Collections

“On summer evenings, when every flower, and tree, and bird, might have better addressed my soft young heart, I have in my day been caught in the palm of a female hand by the crown, have been violently scrubbed from the neck to the roots of the hair as a purification for the Temple, and have then been carried off highly charged with saponaceous electricity, to be steamed like a potato in the unventilated breath of the powerful Boanerges Boiler and his congregation, until what small mind I had, was quite steamed out of me”

Source: Novels

“By common consent, gray hairs are a crown of glory: the only object of respect that can never excite envy.”

Common Objects Hair Glory Respect Envy Gray Crowns Consent Gray Hair Baldness

Book:Literary and historical miscellanies

Source: Literary and historical miscellanies

“Once upon a time there was a boy who lived in a house across the field from a girl who no longer exists. They made up a thousand games. She was Queen and he was King. In the autumn light, her hair shone like a crown. They collected the world in small handfuls. When the sky grew dark they parted with leaves in their hair.”

World Made Light Girl Games House Dark Boys Sky Fields Hair Grew Kings Thousand Queens Autumn Crowns Handful Once Upon A Time History Of Love

Author:Nicole Krauss