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Thou fatal pilgrim, who art thou, As thou fling'st the black veil from thy shadowy brow? I know thee now, dark lord of the tomb, By the pale maiden's withering bloom: The light is gone from her glassy eye, And her cheek is struck by mortality; From her parted lip there comes no breath, For that scroll was fate—its bearer—Death.

L. E. L.