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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ EYES SEWN SHUT FROM BIRTH... THE MOST ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ CAVERN. IT WAS DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
\-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ GREAT HALL WITH ONLY A SINGLE TINY ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-\
§\-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ INLET FOR BOTH LIGHT AND FALLING ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-\§
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§\-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ BUT ALSO WITH SHAME, BECAUSE HIS EYES ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-\§
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-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FROM HIS ROBE TO SEW THEM BACK ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TOGETHER, AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ FOR YEARS HE STUDIED AT THE GUILD. HE ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ BECAME A MASTER, AND THEN A PILGRIM. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ YET THE IMAGE FROM THE CAVE NEVER LEFT ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
\-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ HIM. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-\
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§$§\-,¨¨¨¨ EDGE OF THE WORLD HE OPENED HIS EYES ¨¨¨¨,-\§$§
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