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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 LOVE-LETTER

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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armed by her hand and shadowed by her hairAs close she leaned and poured her heart through thee,Whereof the articulate throbs accompanyThe smooth black stream that makes thy whiteness fair,--Sweet fluttering sheet, even of her breath aware,--Oh let thy silent song disclose to meThat soul wherewith her lips and eyes agreeLike married music in Love's answering air. Fain had I watched her when, at some fond thought,Her bosom to the writing closelier press'd,And her breast's secrets peered into her breast;When, through eyes raised an instant, her soul soughtMy soul, and from the sudden confluence caughtThe words that made her love the loveliest.
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