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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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HOPE OVERTAKEN

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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deemed thy garments, O my Hope, were grey,So far I viewed thee. Now the space betweenIs passed at length; and garmented in greenEven as in days of yore thou stand'st to-day.Ah God! and but for lingering dull dismay,On all that road our footsteps erst had beenEven thus commingled, and our shadows seenBlent on the hedgerows and the water-way. O Hope of mine whose eyes are living love,No eyes but hers,--O Love and Hope the same!--Lean close to me, for now the sinking sunThat warmed our feet scarce gilds our hair above.O hers thy voice and very hers thy name!Alas, cling round me, for the day is done!
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