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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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THE BIRTH-BOND

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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ave you not noted, in some familyWhere two were born of a first marriage-bed,How still they own their gracious bond, though fedAnd nursed on the forgotten breast and knee?--How to their father's children they shall beIn act and thought of one goodwill; but eachShall for the other have, in silence speech,And in a word complete community? Even so, when first I saw you, seemed it, love,That among souls allied to mine was yetOne nearer kindred than life hinted of.O born with me somewhere that men forget,And though in years of sight and sound unmet,Known for my soul's birth-partner well enough!
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