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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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Martial, the things for to attain

16 lines
Henry Howard
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artial, the things for to attainThe happy life be these, I find:The riches left, not got with pain;The fruitful ground, the quiet mind; The equal friend; no grudge nor strife;No charge of rule, nor governance;Without disease the healthy life;The household of continuance; The mean diet, no delicate fare;Wisdom joined with simplicity;The night dischargèd of all care,Where wine may bear no sovereignty; The chaste wife, wise, without debate;Such sleeps as may beguile the night;Contented with thine own estate;Neither wish death nor fear his might.
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