“She stood once more in the halls of pride, And the light of her beauty was deified, And she seemed to the eyes of men a star, Lovely but lonely—flashing but far. “She fixed his gaze with her fearful spell, And the book from his failing fingers fell; While her low voice hissed in his shuddering ear, ‘We’ve met at last, slave! Dost thou fear?’”…
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