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 And he saw young men and young girls Who danced on a level place And Bridget his bride among them, With a sad and a gay face.

And dancers crowded about him, And many a sweet thing said, And a young man brought him red wine And a young girl white bread.

But Bridget drew him by the sleeve, Away from the merry bands, To old men playing at cards With a twinkling of ancient hands.

The bread and the wine had a doom, For these were the host of the air; He say and played in a dream Of her long dim hair.