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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 LAMP'S SHRINE

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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ometimes I fain would find in thee some fault,That I might love thee still in spite of it:Yet how should our Lord Love curtail one whitThy perfect praise whom most he would exalt?Alas! he can but make my heart's low vaultEven in men's sight unworthier, being litBy thee, who thereby show'st more exquisiteLike fiery chrysoprase in deep basalt. Yet will I nowise shrink; but at Love's shrineMyself within the beams his brow doth dartWill set the flashing jewel of thy heartIn that dull chamber where it deigns to shine:For lo! in honour of thine excellenciesMy heart takes pride to show how poor it is.
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