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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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DEATH-IN-LOVE

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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here came an image in Life's retinueThat had Love's wings and bore his gonfalon:Fair was the web, and nobly wrought thereon,O soul-sequestered face, thy form and hue!Bewildering sounds, such as Spring wakens to,Shook in its folds; and through my heart its powerSped trackless as the immemorable hourWhen birth's dark portal groaned and all was new. But a veiled woman followed, and she caughtThe banner round its staff, to furl and cling,--Then plucked a feather from the bearer's wing,And held it to his lips that stirred it not,And said to me, 'Behold, there is no breath:I and this Love are one, and I am Death.'
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