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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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noun

A person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television.

“The lead actor delivered a powerful performance that moved the entire audience to tears.”

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An Epitaph On A Child Of Queen Elizabeth's Chapel

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Ben Jonson·1572–1637
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eep with me, all you that readThis little story;And know, for whom a tear you shedDeath's self is sorry.'Twas a child that so did thriveIn grace and feature,As heaven and nature seemed to striveWhich owned the creature. Years he numbered scarce thirteenWhen fates turned cruel,Yet three filled zodiacs had be beenThe stage's jewel;And did act what now we moan,Old men so duly,As, sooth, the parcae thought him one,He played so truly. So by error, so his fateThey all consented;But viewing him since, alas too late,They have repented,And have sought to give new birth,In baths to steep him;But being so much too good for earth,Heaven vows to keep him.
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