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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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Algernon Charles Swinburne·1837–1909
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he shadow stayed not, but the splendour stays,Our brother, till the last of English days.No day nor night on English earth shall beFor ever, spring nor summer, Junes nor Mays,But somewhat as a sound or gleam of theeShall come on us like morning from the sea.
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