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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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Elizabeth Barrett Browning·1806–1861
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HE LAY OF THE BkOWN ROSARY. 10$ I say in it no holy hymn, I do no holy work,I scarcely hear the sabbath-bell that chimeth from thekirk.Evil Spirit,Forbear that dream— forbear that dream !Onora^ in sleep. Nay, let me dream at least.That far-off bell, it may be took for viol at a feast :I only walk among the fields, beneath the autumn-sun,With my dead father, hand in hand, as I have often done.Evil Spirit• Forbear that dream— forbear that dream !Onora^ in sleep. Nay, sweet fiend, let me go !I never more can walk with hinty oh, never more but so !For they have tied my father's feet beneath the kirkyard stone,Oh, deep and straight, oh, very straight ! they move at nights alone :And then he calleth through my dreams, he calleth tenderly,"Come forth, my daughter, my beloved, and walk thefields with me ! "Em I spiritForbear that dream, or else disprove its pureness by asign.OnorUj in sleep.Speak on, thou shalt be satisfied, my word shall answer thine.I heard a bird which used to sing when I a child was praying,I see the poppies in the corn I used to sport away in :What shall I do— tread down the dew and pull the blossoms blowing }Or clap my wicked hands to fright the finches from therowen ?
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