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Here hath a milder doom prevailed; That she, of him and all bereft, Hath yet this faithful Partner left; This one Associate[200] that disproves His words, remains for her, and loves. 240 If tears are shed, they do not fall For loss of him--for one, or all; Yet, sometimes, sometimes doth she weep Moved gently in her soul's soft sleep; A few tears down her cheek descend 245 For this her last and living Friend. Bless, tender Hearts, their mutual lot, And bless for both this savage spot; Which Emily doth sacred hold For reasons dear and manifold-- 250 Here hath she, here before her sight, Close to the summit of this height, The grassy rock-encircled Pound[UU] In which the Creature first was found. So beautiful the timid Thrall 255 (A spotless Youngling white as foam) Her youngest Brother brought it home; The youngest, then a lusty boy, Bore it, or led, to Rylstone-hall With heart brimful of pride and joy![201] 260 But most to Bolton's sacred Pile, On favouring nights, she loved to go; There ranged through cloister, court, and aisle, Attended by the soft-paced Doe; Nor feared she in the still moonshine[202] 265 To look upon Saint Mary's shrine;[VV] Nor on the lonely turf that showed Where Francis slept in his last abode. For that she came; there oft she sate Forlorn, but not disconsolate:[203] 270 And, when she from the abyss returned Of thought, she neither shrunk nor mourned; Was happy that she lived to greet Her mute Companion as it lay In love and pity at her feet; 275 How happy in its[204] turn to meet The[205] recognition! the mild glance Beamed from that gracious countenance; Communication, like the ray Of a new morning, to the nature 280 And prospects of the inferior Creature! A mortal Song we sing,[206] by dower Encouraged of celestial power; Power which the viewless Spirit shed By whom we were first visited; 285 Whose voice we heard, whose hand and wings Swept like a breeze the conscious strings, When, left in solitude, erewhile We stood be
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