Or if her fate had left no trace behind.

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So just upon this time her sisters both

Climb’d on the cliff that hung o’er Psyche’s vale;

And finding there no sign, to leave were loth

Ere well assured she lurk’d not within hail.

So calling loud her name, ‘Psyche!’ they cried,

‘Psyche, O Psyche!’ and when none replied

They sank upon the rocks to weep and wail.

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