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The Blind Girl of Castel-Cuille.
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     They wind aslant     Towards Saint Amant,     Through leafy alleys     Of verdurous valleys     With merry sallies     Singing their chant:
“ The roads should blossom, the roads should bloom,So fair a bride shall leave her home!Should blossom and bloom with garlands gay,So fair a bride shall pass to-day!
It is Baptiste, and his affianced maiden,With garlands for the bridal laden!
The sky was blue; without one cloud of gloom,The sun of March was shining brightly,