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Feeding on her pale cheek!—He heard it all— How that youth was her brother, just returned From fighting with the Infidels in Spain; That he had gone to Palestine to seek Some tidings of her Arnold; and, meanwhile, Herself had vowed a barefoot pilgrimage To pray St. Valerie to bless the search!— And she indeed had blessed it!— There is that English castle once again, With its green sweep of park and its clear lake; And there that bower; and in its shade is placed A statue of St. Valerie; and a shrine, Graven with names of those who placed it here, Record and tribute of their happiness— Arnold and Adeline!