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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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INTRODUCTORY SONNET

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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Sonnet is a moment's monument,--Memorial from the Soul's eternityTo one dead deathless hour. Look that it be,Whether for lustral rite or dire portent,Of its own arduous fulness reverent:Carve it in ivory or in ebony,As Day or Night may rule; and let Time seeIts flowering crest impearled and orient. A Sonnet is a coin: its face revealsThe soul,--its converse, to what Power 'tis due:--Whether for tribute to the august appealsOf Life, or dower in Love's high retinue,It serve; or, 'mid the dark wharf's cavernous breath,In Charon's palm it pay the toll to Death.
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