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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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INLAND

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Edna St. Vincent Millay·1892–1950
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eople that build their houses inland,People that buy a plot of groundShaped like a house, and build a house there,Far from the sea-board, far from the sound Of water sucking the hollow ledges,Tons of water striking the shore,--What do they long for, as I long forOne salt smell of the sea once more? People the waves have not awakened,Spanking the boats at the harbor's head,What do they long for, as I long for,--Starting up in my inland bed, Beating the narrow walls, and findingNeither a window nor a door,Screaming to God for death by drowning,--One salt taste of the sea once more?
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