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And so it came to that last day / When, she leading by the hand, we went out / Early in the morning, I heavy of heart / For I knew the novitiate was ended / The ecstasy was over, the life begun.
In my woolen shirt and the pale blue necktie / My grandmother gave me, there I went / With the old queen right past the houses / Of my friends down the hill to the river / As on any usual day, any errand.