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Far in an island of the Western seas, In their thatched cottage two fair maidens dwelt, Of poor estate, though patient and resigned, They daily at the shrine of faith had knelt; So side by side they grew, by the same mother nurst, Until the first faint dawn of woman-hood had burst. A prelude to the beauty soon to be.
They knew not then of what pretence that word, Was in a woman's being--praise or blame Were oft its handmaids, but the pure at heart See not through inference; honor is the name That gives it strength or brightness; they could boast These gifts of heaven as theirs, though by rude fortune tost, And wanting what the world would call a high degree.