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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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Tenzone

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Ezra Pound·1885–1972
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ill people accept them?(i.e. these songs).As a timorous wench from a centaur(or a centurion),Already they flee, howling in terror. Will they be touched with the verisimilitudes?Their virgin stupidity is untemptable.I beg you, my friendly critics,Do not set about to procure me an audience. I mate with my free kind upon the crags;the hidden recessesHave heard the echo of my heels,in the cool light,in the darkness.
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