Lay with her in a strange and secret spot,
Mortal with her immortal, and begot
This walker-in-the-night.”—“But did you know
This mortal’s name?”—“Why ... it was long ago.
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“And yet, I think, I bear the name in mind;
It was some famished boy whom tampering men
Had crippled in their chains and made him blind
Till their weak hour discovered them: and then
He broke that prison. Softly!—it comes again,