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EARL RODERICK'S BRIDE
And every man who saw her there
Went down upon his knee;
Behind her came Earl Roderick,
All pitiful to see,
And in his trembling hands the helm
From his uncovered brow;
And “Oh,” he said, “to love her well,
And know it only now!”
And he did walk, while she did ride,
Through all the town away;
For greater than Earl Roderick
She did become that day.
