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o saying, she hobbled off with busy fear.The lover's endless minutes slowly pass'd;The dame return'd, and whisper'd in his earTo follow her; with aged eyes aghastFrom fright of dim espial. Safe at last,Through many a dusky gallery, they gainThe maiden's chamber, silken, hush'd, and chaste;Where Porphyro took covert, pleas'd amain.His poor guide hurried back with agues in her brain.
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