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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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NUIT BLANCHE

12 lines
Edna St. Vincent Millay·1892–1950
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am a shepherd of those sheepThat climb a wall by night,One after one, until I sleep,Or the black pane goes white.Because of which I cannot seeA flock upon a hill,But doubts come tittering up to meThat should by day be still.And childish griefs I have outgrownInto my eyes are thrust,Till my dull tears go dropping downLike lead into the dust.
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