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'Your ringlets, your ringlets, / That look so golden-gay, / If you will give me one, but one, / To kiss it night and day, / Then never chilling touch of Time / Will turn it silver-gray; / And then shall I know it is all true gold / To flame and sparkle and stream as of old, / Till all the comets in heaven are cold, / And all her stars decay.' / 'Then take it, love, and put it by; / This cannot change, nor yet can I.'
'My ringlet, my ringlet, / That art so golden-gay, / Now never chilling touch of Time / Can turn thee silver-gray; / And a lad may wink, and a girl may hint, / And a fool may say his say; / For my doubts and fears were all amiss, / And I swear henceforth by this and this, / That a doubt will only come for a kiss, / And a fear to be kissed away.' / 'Then kiss it, love, and put it by: / If this can change, why so can I.'