And as each prescript rose and stood
5 lines✦
beard into the velvet hood Of his front colleague's gown, to seeThe cinders stuck in his bare knee. Tosinghi passed, Manelli passed, Rinucd passed, each in his place ;
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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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“The students were very active in class discussions, asking many thoughtful questions.”
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