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_"And do the hours slip fast or slow, And are ye sad or gay? And is your heart with your liege lord, lady, Or is it far away? _
_"The lady raised her calm, proud head, Though her tears fell one by one: 'Life counts not hours by joys or pangs, But just by duties done._