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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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REDEMPTION

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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Thou who at Love's hour ecstaticallyUnto my lips dost evermore presentThe body and blood of Love in sacrament;Whom I have neared and felt thy breath to beThe inmost incense of his sanctuary;Who without speech hast owned him, and intentUpon his will, thy life with mine hast blent,And murmured o'er the cup, Remember me!-- O what from thee the grace, for me the prize,And what to Love the glory,--when the wholeOf the deep stair thou tread'st to the dim shoalAnd weary water of the place of sighs,And there dost work deliverance, as thine eyesDraw up my prisoned spirit to thy soul!
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