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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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The matcliless lust of a fair poesy.

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Ben Jonson·1572–1637
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hich erst was buried in old Rome*s decays.Now *gins with heat of rising majesty. Her dust- wrapt head from rotten tomb to raise,And with fresh splendour gilds her fearless crest.Rearing her palace iu our poet's breast. The wanton Ovid, whose enticing rimes Have \i'iih attractive wonder torc*d attention.No mure shall be admir'd at ; for these times l^roduce a poet, whose more rare inventionWill tear the love-sick myrtle from his brows,T' adorn his temples with deserved boughs. The strongest marble fears the smallest rain -,
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