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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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BURIAL

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Edna St. Vincent Millay·1892–1950
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ine is a body that should die at sea!And have for a grave, instead of a graveSix feet deep and the length of me,All the water that is under the wave! And terrible fishes to seize my flesh,Such as a living man might fear,And eat me while I am firm and fresh,--Not wait till I've been dead for a year!
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