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30 And every man who saw her there Went down upon his knee; Behind her came Earl Roderick, All pitiful to see,

And in his trembling hands the helm From his uncovered brow; And “Oh,” he said, “to love her well, And know it only now!”

And he did walk, while she did ride, Through all the town away; For greater than Earl Roderick She did become that day.