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Rh Twas near his castle, far away “From city or from succour near, “And almost on the break of day; “I did not think to see another, “My moments seem’d reduced to few; “And with one prayer to Mary Mother, “And, it may be, a saint or two, “As I resign’d me to my fate, “They led me to the castle gate: “Theresa’s doom I never knew, “Our lot was henceforth separate.— “An angry man, ye may opine, “Was he, the proud Count Palatine; “And he had reason good to be, “But he was most enraged lest such “An accident should chance to touch “Upon his future pedigree; “Nor less amazed, that such a blot “His noble ’scutcheon should have got, “While he was highest of his line; “Because unto himself he seem’d “The first of men, nor less he deem’d “In others’ eyes, and most in mine.