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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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BOOK II.

18 lines
Coventry Patmore·1823–1896
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. TO THE UNKNOWN EROSII. THE CONTRACTIII. ARBOR VITAEIV. THE STANDARDSV. SPONSA DEIVI. LEGEM TUAM DILEXIVII. TO THE BODYVIII. 'SING US ONE OF THE SONGS OF SION'IX. DELICIAE SAPIENTIAE DE AMOREX. THE CRY AT MIDNIGHTXI. AURAS OF DELIGHTXII. EROS AND PSYCHEXIII. DE NATURA DEORUMXIV. PSYCHE'S DISCONTENTXV. PAINXVI. PROPHETS WHO CANNOT SINGXVII. THE CHILD'S PURCHASEXVIII. DEAD LANGUAGE
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