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,,,^~†$£&# EYES SEWN  SHUT  FROM BIRTH... THE  MOST #&£$†~^,,,
,,^~†$£&##            SUCCESSFUL STUDENT            ##&£$†~^,,
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,,,^~†$£&# CAVERN.  IT WAS  DEEP IN THE MOUNTAIN, A #&£$†~^,,,
,,^~†$£&## GREAT  HALL  WITH  ONLY  A  SINGLE  TINY ##&£$†~^,,
,^~†$£&### INLET   FOR   BOTH  LIGHT  AND   FALLING ###&£$†~^,
,,^~†$£&##               STUDENTS...                ##&£$†~^,,
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,,,^~†$£&# CRYSTALS  MIRRORED AND REFRACTED THE ONE #&£$†~^,,,
,,^~†$£&## LIGHT  SMIDGE INTO  A  WHOLE  NIGHT SKY, ##&£$†~^,,
,^~†$£&### AND   HE  WAS  STRUCK  DOWN   WITH   AWE ###&£$†~^,
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,,^~†$£&## HAD  SEEN.  HURRIEDLY,  HE  USED  THREAD ##&£$†~^,,
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,,,^~†$£&#        TELL OF HIS TRANSGRESSION.        #&£$†~^,,,
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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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,,^~†$£&## AT  THE END  OF HIS  LIFE,  WHEN  AT THE ##&£$†~^,,
,,,^~†$£&# EDGE  OF  THE  WORLD HE OPENED HIS  EYES #&£$†~^,,,
,,^~†$£&## FOR A SECOND TIME, STARS HAD HATCHED  IN ##&£$†~^,,
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