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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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Engaged in or ready for action; characterized by energetic work, thought, or speech.

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SONNETS FROM AN UNGRAFTED TREE

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Edna St. Vincent Millay·1892–1950
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-I SO SHE CAME BACKV-II THE LAST WHITE SAWDUSTV-III SHE FILLED HER ARMS WITH WOODV-IV THE WHITE BARK WRITHEDV-V THE WAGON STOPPED BEFORE THE HOUSEV-VI THEN CAUTIOUSLY SHE PUSHEDV-VII ONE WAY THERE WASV-VIII SHE LET THEM LEAVE THEIR JELLIESV-IX NOT OVER-KIND NOR OVER-QUICKV-X SHE HAD FORGOTTENV-XI IT CAME INTO HER MINDV-XII TENDERLY, IN THOSE TIMESV-XIII FROM THE WAN DREAMV-XIV SHE HAD A HORRORV-XV THERE WAS UPON THE SILLV-XVI THE DOCTOR ASKED HERV-XVII GAZING UPON HIM NOW
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