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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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“The students were very active in class discussions, asking many thoughtful questions.”

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning·1806–1861
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he only dreamed; for all the while'T was Lady Isobel that keptThe little baby: and it sleptFast, warm, as if its mother's smile,Laden with love's dewy weight,And red as rose of HarpocrateDropt upon its eyelids, pressedLashes to cheek in a sealed rest.
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