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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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IV-I WHEN YOU, THAT AT THIS MOMENT

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Edna St. Vincent Millay·1892–1950
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hen you, that at this moment are to meDearer than words on paper, shall depart,And be no more the warder of my heart,Whereof again myself shall hold the key;And be no more--what now you seem to be--The sun, from which all excellences startIn a round nimbus, nor a broken dartOf moonlight, even, splintered on the sea;I shall remember only of this hour--And weep somewhat, as now you see me weep--The pathos of your love, that, like a flower,Fearful of death yet amorous of sleep,Droops for a moment and beholds, dismayed,The wind whereon its petals shall be laid.
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