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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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THE COUNTER-TURN.

10 lines
Ben Jonson·1572–1637
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id wiser nature draw thee back,From out the horror of that sack,Where shame, faith, honour, and regard of right,Lay trampled on? the deeds of death and night,Urged, hurried forth, and hurledUpon th’ affrighted world;Sword, fire, and famine, with fell fury met,And all on utmost ruin set;As, could they but life’s miseries foresee,No doubt all infants would return like thee.
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