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Not far from Margaret's cottage dwelt a knight

Of the proud Templars, a sworn celibate,

Whose heart in secret fed upon the light

And dew of her ripe beauty, through the grate

Of his close vow catching what gleams he might

Of the free heaven, and cursing all too late 110

The cruel faith whose black walls hemmed him in

And turned life's crowning bliss to deadly sin.