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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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HEART'S HOPE

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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y what word's power, the key of paths untrod,Shall I the difficult deeps of Love explore,Till parted waves of Song yield up the shoreEven as that sea which Israel crossed dry-shod?For lo! in some poor rhythmic period,Lady, I fain would tell how evermoreThy soul I know not from thy body, norThee from myself, neither our love from God. Yea, in God's name, and Love's, and thine, would IDraw from one loving heart such evidenceAs to all hearts all things shall signify;Tender as dawn's first hill-fire, and intenseAs instantaneous penetrating sense,In Spring's birth-hour, of other Springs gone by.
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