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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 MOONSTAR

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
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ady, I thank thee for thy loveliness,Because my lady is more lovely still.Glorying I gaze, and yield with glad goodwillTo thee thy tribute; by whose sweet-spun dressOf delicate life Love labours to assessMy Lady's absolute queendom; saying, 'Lo!How high this beauty is, which yet doth showBut as that beauty's sovereign votaress.' Lady, I saw thee with her, side by side;And as, when night's fair fires their queen surround,An emulous star too near the moon will ride,--Even so thy rays within her luminous boundWere traced no more; and by the light so drown'd,Lady, not thou but she was glorified.
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