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THE PRINCESS;
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So was their sanctuary violated,So their fair college turn'd to hospital;At first with all confusion: by and byeSweet order lived again with other laws;A kindlier influence reign'd; and everywhereLow voices with the ministering handHung round the sick: the maidens came, they talk'd,They sang, they read: till she not fair, beganTo gather light, and she that was, becameHer former beauty treble; and to and froWith books, with flowers, with Angel offices,Like creatures native unto gracious act,And in their own clear element, they moved.
 But sadness on the soul of Ida fell,
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