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She loved, and was belovèd⁠—she adored,

And she was worshipped after Nature’s fashion⁠—

Their intense souls, into each other poured,

If souls could die, had perished in that passion⁠—

But by degrees their senses were restored,

Again to be o’ercome, again to dash on;

And, beating ’gainst his bosom, Haidée’s heart

Felt as if never more to beat apart.