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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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III.

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Coventry Patmore·1823–1896
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nne lived so truly from above,She was so gentle and so good,That duty bade me fall in love,And ‘but for that,’ thought I, ‘I should!’I worshipp’d Kate with all my will,In idle moods you seem to seeA noble spirit in a hill,A human touch about a tree.
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