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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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VIII.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti·1828–1882·Symbolism
eard hardly, some of her new friends,Playing at holy games,Spake, gentle-mouthed, among themselves,Their virginal chaste names;And the souls, mounting up to God,Went by her like thin flames.