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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 DARK GLASS

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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ot I myself know all my love for thee:How should I reach so far, who cannot weighTo-morrow's dower by gage of yesterday?Shall birth and death, and all dark names that beAs doors and windows bared to some loud sea,Lash deaf mine ears and blind my face with spray;And shall my sense pierce love,--the last relayAnd ultimate outpost of eternity? Lo! what am I to Love, the lord of all?One murmuring shell he gathers from the sand,--One little heart-flame sheltered in his hand.Yet through thine eyes he grants me clearest callAnd veriest touch of powers primordialThat any hour-girt life may understand.
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