ON A YOUNG LADY, WHO ASKED A NECKLACE OF A GENTLEMAN's HAIR, AND WAS REFUSED Rebekah Carmichael (later Hay) Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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ON A YOUNG LADY , WHO ASKED A NECKLACE OF A GENTLEMAN's HAIR , AND WAS REFUSED And is it thus , Miranda cried , And am I then by him denied , Alas my heart is sore ; Why did I make the fond request ? Why not conceal it in my breast , As I had done before ? I know not how he spoke so fair , I wish'd to have his yellow hair , And wear it round my neck ; But , O ! it hurt his gentle mind , Such boldness in my sex to find , Then what could I expect .