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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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ANTIPHONY

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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I love you, sweet: how can you ever learnHow much I love you?' 'You I love even so,And so I learn it.' 'Sweet, you cannot knowHow fair you are.' 'If fair enough to earnYour love, so much is all my love's concern.''My love grows hourly, sweet.' 'Mine too doth grow,Yet love seemed full so many hours ago!'Thus lovers speak, till kisses claim their turn. Ah! happy they to whom such words as theseIn youth have served for speech the whole day long,Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng,Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleas,--What while Love breathed in sighs and silencesThrough two blent souls one rapturous undersong.
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