Replaced in pyx, and shut the lid thereon.
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‘O Psyche,’ thus, and kissing her he cried,
‘O simple-hearted Psyche, once again
Hast thou thy foolish longing gratified,
A second time hath prying been thy bane.
But lo! I, love, am come, for I am thine:
Nor ever more shall any fate malign,
Or spite of goddess smite our love in twain.
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