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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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Edna St. Vincent Millay·1892–1950

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eat me a crown of bluer metal;Fret it with stones of a foreign style:The heart grows weary after a littleOf what it loved for a little while. Weave me a robe of richer fibre;Pattern its web with a rare device.Give away to the child of a neighborThis gold gown I was glad in twice.

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