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I could not rouse the man; so I said we would take
him to her, and see - to the bride who was the fairest
thing in the earth to him, once - roses, pearls, and dew
made flesh, for him; a wonder-work, the master-work
of nature: with eyes like no other eyes, and voice like
no other voice, and a freshness, and lithe young grace,
and beauty, that belonged properly to the creatures of
dreams - as he thought - and to no other.