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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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IV.

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Coventry Patmore·1823–1896
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ill Eve was brought to Adam, heA solitary desert trod,Though in the great societyOf nature, angels, and of God.If one slight column counterweighsThe ocean, ’tis the Maker’s law,Who deems obedience better praiseThan sacrifice of erring awe.
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