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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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sight for wondering look!While the external nature brokeInto such abandonment,While the very mist, heart-rentBy the lightning, seemed to eddyAgainst nature, with a din,--A sense of silence and of steadyNatural calm appeared to comeFrom things without, and enter inThe human creature's room.
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