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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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DEDICATION TO JOHN KENYON, ESQ.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning·1806–1861
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HE words ‘cousin’ and ‘friend’ are constantly recurring in this poem,the last pages of which have been finished under the hospitality ofyour roof, my own dearest cousin and friend;—cousin and friend, in asense of less equality and greater disinterestedness than ‘Romney’’s. Ending, therefore, and preparing once more to quit England, I ventureto leave in your hands this book, the most mature of my works, and theone into which my highest convictions upon Life and Art have entered:that as, through my various efforts in literature and steps in life,you have believed in me, borne with me, and been generous to me, farbeyond the common uses of mere relationship or sympathy of mind, so youmay kindly accept, in sight of the public, this poor sign of esteem,gratitude, and affection, from your unforgettingE. B. B. 39, DEVONSHIRE PLACE,_October_ 17, 1856.
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