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The Blind Girl of Castel-Cuille.
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  And the door ajar is set,
  And poor, confiding Margaret
Rises, with outstretched arms, but sightless eyes;
'T is only Paul, her brother, who thus cries:—

  “ Angela the bride has passed!
  I saw the wedding guests go by;
Tell me, my sister, why were we not asked?
  For all are there but you and I!

  “ Angela married! and not send
  To tell her secret unto me!
  O, speak! who may the bridegroom be?
  “ My sister, 't is Baptiste, thy friend!

A cry the blind girl gave, but nothing said;
A milky whiteness spreads upon her cheeks;
  An icy hand, as heavy as lead,
  Descending, as her brother speaks,