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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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14 THE PRINCESS

12 lines
Alfred, Lord Tennyson·1809–1892
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lowers of all heavens, and lovelier than their names,Grew side by side ; and on the pavement lay Carved stones of the Abbey-ruin in the park, Huge Ammonites, and the first bones of Time ; 15And on the tables every clime and age Jumbled together ; celts and calumets, Claymore and snowshoe, toys in lava, fans Of sandal, amber, ancient rosaries, Laborious orient ivory sphere in sphere, 20The cursed Malayan crease, and battle-clubs From the isles of palm : and higher on the walls,Betwixt the monstrous horns of elk and deer,
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