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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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THE PRINCESS 33

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson·1809–1892
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ull-blown, before us into rooms which gave Upon a pillar’d porch, the bases lost In laurel : her we ask’d of that and this, And who were tutors. ‘‘ Lady Blanche,” she said, “ And Lady Pysche.” “ Which was prettiest, 230Best-natured ?” “Lady Psyche.” “Hers are we,”One voice, we cried ; and I sat down and wrote,
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