Be left
Come by
Come by verb - To make a brief visit.
Both terms in one sentence
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An oracle deemed that she was to be left on the side of a mountain as a bride to a "monster that neither gods nor men can resist." Psyche was taken to a beautiful palace, attended to by invisible servants, and her husband would come by night, but not stay until morning.
Source: Beast and Beauty
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