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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, there, whence love, life, light are pour’d,Veil’d with impenetrable rays,Amidst the presence of the LordCo-equal Wisdom laughs and plays.Female and male God made the man;His image is the whole, not half;And in our love we dimly scanThe love which is between Himself.
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