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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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Mantegna 346

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism

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or Ruggiero and Angelica, by Ingres .... 347 For a Virgin and Child, by Hans Memmelinck • • 348 For a Marriage of St Catherine, by the same . • . 349 For the Wine of Circe, by Edward Bume Jones • • 350For the Holy Family, by Michelangelo . . « •351 For Spring, by Sandro Botticelli 352

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