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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 lead actor delivered a powerful performance that moved the entire audience to tears.”

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306 Let all your nymphs and Sirens of renown

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Edmund Spenser·1552–1599
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ymphs > (Minor female divinities with whom the Greeks peopled allparts of nature: the seas, springs, rivers, grottoes, trees,mountains)Sirens > (Sea-nymphs whose sweet singing had the power to lure sailorsto their destruction)
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