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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-II THAT LOVE AT LENGTH SHOULD FIND

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Edna St. Vincent Millay·1892–1950
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hat Love at length should find me out and bringThis fierce and trivial brow unto the dust,Is, after all, I must confess, but just;There is a subtle beauty in this thing,A wry perfection; wherefore now let singAll voices how into my throat is thrust,Unwelcome as Death’s own, Love’s bitter crust,All criers proclaim it, and all steeples ring.This being done, there let the matter rest.What more remains is neither here nor there.That you requite me not is plain to see;Myself your slave herein have I confessed:Thus far, indeed, the world may mock at me;But if I suffer, it is my own affair.
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