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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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High and Low

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Arthur Hugh Clough·1819–1861
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he grasses green of sweet contentThat spring, no matter high or low,Where’er a living thing can grow,On chilly hills and rocky rent,And by the lowly streamlet’s sideOh! why did e’er I turn from these?The lordly, tall, umbrageous trees,That stand in high aspiring pride,With massive bulk on high sustainA world of boughs with leaf and fruits,And drive their wide-extending rootsDeep down into the subject plain.Oh, what with these had I to do?That germs of things above their kindMay live, pent up and close confinedIn humbler forms, it may be true;Yet great is that which gives our lot;High laws and powers our will transcend,And not for this, till time do end,Shall any be what he is not.Each in its place, as each was sent,Just nature ranges side by side;Alike the oak tree’s lofty prideAnd grasses green of sweet content.
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