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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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SECRET PARTING

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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ecause our talk was of the cloud-controlAnd moon-track of the journeying face of Fate,Her tremulous kisses faltered at love's gateAnd her eyes dreamed against a distant goal:But soon, remembering her how brief the wholeOf joy, which its own hours annihilate,Her set gaze gathered, thirstier than of late,And as she kissed, her mouth became her soul. Thence in what ways we wandered, and how stroveTo build with fire-tried vows the piteous homeWhich memory haunts and whither sleep may roam,--They only know for whom the roof of LoveIs the still-seated secret of the grove,Nor spire may rise nor bell be heard therefrom.
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