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,,-†^££&&# EYES SEWN  SHUT FROM BIRTH...  THE  MOST #&&££^†-,,
,,-†^£&¶##            SUCCESSFUL STUDENT            ##¶&£^†-,,
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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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,,-†^£&¶## FROM  HIS   ROBE  TO   SEW   THEM   BACK ##¶&£^†-,,
,,-†^£&¶## TOGETHER,  AND WHEN HELP CAME HE DID NOT ##¶&£^†-,,
,,-†^£&¶##        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        ##¶&£^†-,,
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,,-†^£&¶## FOR  YEARS HE STUDIED  AT THE  GUILD. HE ##¶&£^†-,,
,,,--^^£&¶ BECAME  A  MASTER, AND THEN  A  PILGRIM. ¶&£^^--,,,
,,,--^£££¶ YET THE IMAGE FROM  THE  CAVE NEVER LEFT ¶£££^--,,,
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,,-†^£&¶## EDGE  OF  THE WORLD HE OPENED  HIS  EYES ##¶&£^†-,,
,,-†^£&¶## FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD  HATCHED IN ##¶&£^†-,,
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