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Abraham Cowley

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An harmless flaming meteor shone for hair,
And fell adown his shoulders with loose care.
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Davideis, book ii, line 95. Compare: "Loose his beard and hoary hair / Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air", Thomas Gray, The Bard, i. 2.

 
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