The Beggar Maid

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1. Her arms across her breast she laid;
2. She was more fair than words can say:
3. Bare-footed came the beggar maid
4. Before the king Cophetua.
5. In robe and crown the king stept down,
6. To meet and greet her on her way;
7. “It is no wonder,” said the lords,
8. “She is more beautiful than day”.
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10. As shines the moon in clouded skies,
11. She in her poor attire was seen:
12. One praised her ancles, one her eyes,
13. One her dark hair and lovesome mien:
14. So sweet a face, such angel grace,
15. In all that land had never been:
16. Cophetua sware a royal oath:
17. “This beggar maid shall be my queen!”