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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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LOW-TIDE

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Edna St. Vincent Millay·1892–1950
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hese wet rocks where the tide has been,Barnacled white and weeded brownAnd slimed beneath to a beautiful green,These wet rocks where the tide went downWill show again when the tide is highFaint and perilous, far from shore,No place to dream, but a place to die,--The bottom of the sea once more.There was a child that wandered throughA giant's empty house all day,--House full of wonderful things and new,But no fit place for a child to play.
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