The lot of both is death and misery.’

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Then Psyche’s simple heart was fill’d with joy,

And counting to herself the months and days,

Look’d for the time, when she should bear a boy

To be her growing stay and godlike praise.

And ‘O be sure,’ she said, ‘be sure, my pride

Having so rich a promise cannot slide,

Even if my love coud fail which thee obeys.’

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