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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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PART FOUR

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ONNETSIV-I WHEN YOU, THAT AT THIS MOMENTIV-II THAT LOVE AT LENGTH SHOULD FINDIV-III LOVE IS NOT BLINDIV-IV I KNOW I AM BUT SUMMERIV-V I PRAY YOU IF YOU LOVE MEIV-VI PITY ME NOTIV-VII SOMETIMES WHEN I AM WEARIEDIV-VIII OH, OH, YOU WILL BE SORRYIV-IX HERE IS A WOUNDIV-X I SHALL GO BACK AGAINIV-XI SAY WHAT YOU WILLIV-XII WHAT’S THIS OF DEATHIV-XIII I SEE SO CLEARLYIV-XIV YOUR FACE IS LIKE A CHAMBERIV-XV THE LIGHT COMES BACKIV-XVI LORD ARCHER, DEATHIV-XVII LOVING YOU LESS THAN LIFEIV-XVIII I, BEING BORN A WOMANIV-XIX WHAT LIPS MY LIPS HAVE KISSEDIV-XX STILL WILL I HARVEST BEAUTYIV-XXI HOW HEALTHILY THEIR FEETIV-XXII EUCLID ALONE HAS LOOKED