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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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In the Great Metropolis

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Arthur Hugh Clough·1819–1861
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ach for himself is still the ruleWe learn it when we go to schoolThe devil take the hindmost, O! And when the schoolboys grow to men,In life they learn it o’er againThe devil take the hindmost, O! For in the church, and at the bar,On ’Change, at court, where’er they are,The devil takes the hindmost, O! Husband for husband, wife for wife,Are careful that in married lifeThe devil takes the hindmost, O! From youth to age, whate’er the game,The unvarying practice is the sameThe devil take the hindmost, O! And after death, we do not know,But scarce can doubt, where’er we go,The devil takes the hindmost, O! Ti rol de rol, ti rol de ro,The devil take the hindmost, O!
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