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 So that, when Mary tarried yet below, She on the Cross above with Christ appeared. But lest I tell it too obscurely so,     73 By these two lovers, in my speech diffuse, Thou Poverty and Francis now mayst know. Their concord and their looks of joy profuse,     76 The love, the wonder, and the aspect sweet, Made men in holy meditation muse, So that the holy Bernard bared his feet,      79 The first to start, and for such peace so tried, That slow he thought his pace, though it was fleet.