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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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And meet in scoops of milk-white stone.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
ne of whom, knowing well that he, By some found stern, was mild with them,Would run and pluck his garment's hem. Saying, " Messer Dante, pardon me," —Praying that they might hear the songWhich first of all he made, when young " Donne che avete "* . . . ThereuntoThus would he murmur, having firstDrawn near the fountain, while she nurs'd