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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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Sonnet 32 - The first time that the sun rose on thine oath

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning·1806–1861
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he first time that the sun rose on thine oathTo love me, I looked forward to the moonTo slacken all those bonds which seemed too soonAnd quickly tied to make a lasting troth.Quick-loving hearts, I thought, may quickly loathe;And, looking on myself, I seemed not oneFor such man's love!—more like an out-of-tuneWorn viol, a good singer would be wrothTo spoil his song with, and which, snatched in haste,Is laid down at the first ill-sounding note.I did not wrong myself so, but I placedA wrong on thee. For perfect strains may float'Neath master-hands, from instruments defaced,—And great souls, at one stroke, may do and doat.
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