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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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SLEEPLESS DREAMS

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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irt in dark growths, yet glimmering with one star,O night desirous as the nights of youth!Why should my heart within thy spell, forsooth,Now beat, as the bride's finger-pulses areQuickened within the girdling golden bar?What wings are these that fan my pillow smooth?And why does Sleep, waved back by Joy and Ruth,Tread softly round and gaze at me from far? Nay, night deep-leaved! And would Love feign in theeSome shadowy palpitating grove that bearsRest for man's eyes and music for his ears?O lonely night! art thou not known to me,A thicket hung with masks of mockeryAnd watered with the wasteful warmth of tears?
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