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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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Our troop is far behind,The woodland calm is new;Our steeds, with slow grass-muffled hoofs,Tread deep the shadows through;And, in my mind, some blessing kindIs dropping with the dew.