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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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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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anied with many oth^ women^ names,and espedaDy with hers whom I spake of.And to this end I pot together the names ofsixty the most beaotifol ladies in that dtywhere God had placed mine own lady ; andthese names I introduced in an epistle in theform of a sirventj which it is not my intentionto transcribe here. Neither should I havesaid anything of this matter, did I not wishto take note <A. a certain strange thing, towit : that having written the list, I found mylady's name would not stand otherwise thanninth in order among the names of theseladies.
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