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But that one night he said ‘Psyche, my soul,

Sad danger threatens us: thy sisters twain

Come to the mountain top, whence I thee stole,

And thou wilt hear their voices thence complain.

Answer them not: for it must end our love

If they should hear or spy thee from above.’

And Psyche said ‘Their cry shall be in vain.’

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But being again alone, she thought ’twas hard