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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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He'd meet them flushed with easy youth.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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ut at this court, peace still must wrenchHer chaplet from the teeth of war :By day they held high watch afar, At night they cried across the trench ;And still, in Dante's path, the fierceGaunt soldiers wrangled o'er their spears.
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