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Chapter 7

           Shespokethelinesinsoseriousandexaltedamanner,andwithsomuchtaste,thatsheevenseemedtojustifytheexaggeratedsolemnitywithwhichshehadsteppedforward.Itwasimpossibletodiscerninhernowanythingbutadeepfeelingforthespiritofthepoemwhichshehadundertakentointerpret.

           Hereyeswereaglowwithinspiration,andaslighttremorofrapturepassedoverherlovelyfeaturesonceortwice.Shecontinuedtorecite:

           “Oncetherecameavisionglorious,

           Mystic,dreadful,wondrousfair;

           Burneditselfintohisspirit,

           Andabodeforeverthere!

           “Nevermorefromthatsweetmoment

           Gazédheonwomankind;

           Hewasdumbtoloveandwooing

           Andtoalltheirgracesblind.

           “Fullofloveforthatsweetvision,

           Braveandpurehetookthefield;

           Withhisbloodhestainedtheletters

           N.P.B.uponhisshield.

           “‘Lumencaeli,sanctaRosa!’

           Shoutingonthefoehefell,

           Andlikethunderranghiswar-cry

           O’erthecoweringinfidel.

           “Thenwithinhisdistantcastle,

           Homereturned,hedreamedhisdays

           Silent,sad,andwhendeathtookhim

           Hewasmad,thelegendsays.

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