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Whispering to themselves apart, / They who knew her said of her, / "Dying of a broken heart -- / Death her only comforter -- / For the man she loved is dead -- / She will follow soon! " they said.
Beautiful? Ah! brush the dust / From Raphael's fairest face, / And restore it, as it must / First have smiled back from its place / On his easel as he leant / Wrapt in awe and wonderment!