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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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A person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television.

The lead actor delivered a powerful performance that moved the entire audience to tears.

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SEA IRIS

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Amy Lowell·1874–1925
 Weed, moss-weed,root tangled in sand,sea-iris, brittle flower,one petal like a shellis broken,and you print a shadowlike a thin twig. Fortunate one,scented and stinging,rigid myrrh-bud,camphor-flower,sweet and salt--you are windin our nostrils.