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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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VIII.

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Sir page, I pray your grace!Certes, I meant not soTo cross your pastoral mood, sir page,With the crook of the battle-bow;But a knight may speak of a lady's face,I ween, in any mood or place,If the grasses die or grow.