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The Blind Girl of Castel-Cuille.
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  And the door ajar is set,  And poor, confiding MargaretRises, 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,
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