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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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EPITAPH ON ELIZABETH, L. H.

12 lines
Ben Jonson·1572–1637
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OULDST thou hear what man can sayIn a little? Reader, stay.Underneath this stone doth lieAs much beauty as could dieWhich in life did harbour giveTo more virtue than doth live.If, at all, she had a faultLeave it buried in this vault.One name was Elizabeth,The other let it sleep with death.Fitter, where it died, to tell,Than that it lived at all. Farewell.
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