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— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT.

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Alexander Pope·1688–1744
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I know the thing that's most uncommon;(Envy be silent, and attend!)I know a reasonable woman,Handsome and witty, yet a friend. 2 Not warp'd by passion, awed by rumour,Not grave through pride, or gay through folly,An equal mixture of good humour,And sensible soft melancholy. 3 'Has she no faults, then (Envy says), sir?'Yes, she has one, I must aver:When all the world conspires to praise her,The woman's deaf, and does not hear. ON HIS GROTTO AT TWICKENHAM,
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