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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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SCENE X.

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Arthur Hugh Clough·1819–1861
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Adam alone._ _Adam._ Abel is dead, and Cain—ah, what is Cain?Is he not even more than Abel dead?Well, we must hope in Seth. This merest man,This unambitious commonplace of life,Will after all perhaps mend all; and thoughRecord shall tell men to the after-timeNo wondrous tales of him, in him at last,And in his seed increased and multiplied,Earth shall be blest and peopled and subdued,And what was meant to be be brought to pass.Oh but, my Abel and my Cain, e’en soYou shall not be forgotten nor unknown.
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