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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-VIII OH, OH, YOU WILL BE SORRY

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Edna St. Vincent Millay·1892–1950
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h, oh, you will be sorry for that word!Give back my book and take my kiss instead.Was it my enemy or my friend I heard,“What a big book for such a little head!”Come, I will show you now my newest hat,And you may watch me purse my mouth andprink!Oh, I shall love you still, and all of that.I never again shall tell you what I think.I shall be sweet and crafty, soft and sly;You will not catch me reading any more:I shall be called a wife to pattern by;And some day when you knock and push the door,Some sane day, not too bright and not too stormy,I shall be gone, and you may whistle for me.
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