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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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III. GEORGINA TREVELLYN TO LOUISA ——.

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Arthur Hugh Clough·1819–1861
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t last, dearest Louisa, I take up my pen to address you.Here we are, you see, with the seven-and-seventy boxes,Courier, Papa and Mamma, the children, and Mary and Susan:Here we all are at Rome, and delighted of course with St. Peter’s,And very pleasantly lodged in the famous Piazza di Spagna.Rome is a wonderful place, but Mary shall tell you about it;Not very gay, however; the English are mostly at Naples;There are the A.’s, we hear, and most of the W. party.George, however, is come; did I tell you about his mustachios?Dear, I must really stop, for the carriage, they tell me, is waiting;Mary will finish; and Susan is writing, they say, to Sophia.Adieu, dearest Louise,—evermore your faithful Georgina.Who can a Mr. Claude be whom George has taken to be with?Very stupid, I think, but George says so _very_ clever.
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