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And now ’twas done⁠—on the lone shore were plighted

Their hearts; the stars, their nuptial torches, shed

Beauty upon the beautiful they lighted:

Ocean their witness, and the cave their bed,

By their own feelings hallowed and united,

Their priest was Solitude, and they were wed:

And they were happy⁠—for to their young eyes

Each was an angel, and earth Paradise.