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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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PASSER MORTUUS EST

12 lines
Edna St. Vincent Millay·1892–1950
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eath devours all lovely things;Lesbia with her sparrowShares the darkness,--presentlyEvery bed is narrow. Unremembered as old rainDries the sheer libation,And the little petulant handIs an annotation. After all, my erstwhile dear,My no longer cherished,Need we say it was not love,Now that love is perished?
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