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His heart went out within him like a spark

Dropt in the sea; wherever he made bold

To turn his eyes, he saw, all stiff and stark,

Pale Margaret lying dead; the lavish gold

Of her loose hair seemed in the cloudy dark

To spread a glory, and a thousand-fold 470

More strangely pale and beautiful she grew:

Her silence stabbed his conscience through and through.