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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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21. TO ONE IN PARADISE

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Edgar Allan Poe·1809–1849·Romanticism
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To One in Paradise" was included originally in "The Visionary" (a talenow known as "The Assignation"), in July, 1835, and appeared as aseparate poem entitled "To Ianthe in Heaven," in Burton's 'Gentleman'sMagazine' for July, 1839. The fifth stanza is now added, for the firsttime, to the piece. * * * * *
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