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hich was, to lead him, in close secrecy,Even to Madeline's chamber, and there hideHim in a closet, of such privacyThat he might see her beauty unespied,And win perhaps that night a peerless bride,While legion'd fairies pac'd the coverlet,And pale enchantment held her sleepy-eyed.Never on such a night have lovers met, 170Since Merlin paid his Demon all the monstrous debt.
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