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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. Mary Trevellyn to Miss Roper.--at Lucca Baths.

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Arthur Hugh Clough·1819–1861
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ou are at Lucca baths, you tell me, to stay for the summer;Florence was quite too hot; you can't move further at present.Will you not come, do you think, before the summer is over?Mr. C. got you out with very considerable trouble;And he was useful and kind, and seemed so happy to serve you.Didn't stay with you long, but talked very openly to you;Made you almost his confessor, without appearing to know it,--What about?--and you say you didn't need his confessions.O my dear Miss Roper, I dare not trust what you tell me!Will he come, do you think? I am really so sorry for him.They didn't give him my letter at Milan, I feel pretty certain.You had told him Bellaggio. We didn't go to Bellaggio;So he would miss our track, and perhaps never come to Lugano,Where we were written in full, To Lucerne across the St. Gothard.But he could write to you;--you would tell him where you were going.
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