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Nay and áll dream-spirits, whíther-where hápped my steps;
Of whatso occupátion they were of;

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Were in like case: even foreheads, that seemed versed,
In Faiths and Disciplines of their several schools.
Whose aspect grave and learned habiliments,
Were veneráble ín the Peoples sight.
I heard that secret sighing of their hearts;
Which, each day, drew more nigh their own dark deaths.