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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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XXII.

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning·1806–1861
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n the name of Italy,Meantime, her patriot dead have beni-zon !They only have done well; and whatthey didBeing perfect, it shall triumph.them slumberNo king of Egypt in a pyramidIs safer from oblivion, though he num-berFull seventy cerements fora coverlid.These Dead be seeds of life, and shallencumberThe sad heart of the land until itlooseThe clammy clods and let out the spring-growthIn beatific green through every bruise.The tyrant should take heed to what hedoth,
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