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III.Yet chearful and happy, nor distant the day,Poor Mary the Maniac has been;The Traveller remembers who journeyed this wayNo damsel so lovely, no damsel so gayAs Mary the Maid of the Inn.
IV.Her chearful address fill'd the guests with delightAs she welcomed them in with a smile,Her heart was a stranger to childish affright,And Mary would walk by the Abbey at nightWhen the wind whistled down the dark aisle.
V.She loved, and young Richard had settled the day,And she hoped to be happy for life:But Richard was idle and worthless, and theyWho knew him would pity poor Mary and sayThat she was too good for his wife.
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