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Poet.—A young man with long hair and wide linen collar turned down over coat collar.
Statue.—Personated by a young woman in white, with arms bare.
(The Poet speaks.)
Thou holdest me, thou holdest me,
O marble presence, cold and fair.
I cannot draw my feet past thee
Within thy niche above the stair.
I found thee in a mossy cave—