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ReadingWillow structured literacy program for Australian students
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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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Coventry Patmore·1823–1896
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o, love’s obey’d by all. ’Tis rightThat all should know what they obey,Lest erring conscience damp delight,And folly laugh our joys away.Thou Primal Love, who grantest wingsAnd voices to the woodland birds,Grant me the power of saying thingsToo simple and too sweet for words!
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