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Come what come may! Whate'er impends, me it behoves

To ascend, without delay, into the royal house,

Long missed, oft yearned-for, well-nigh forfeited;

Before mine eyes once more it stands, I know not how.

My feet now bear me not so lightly as of yore,

When up the lofty steps I, as a child, have sprung.