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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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Birds in Alarm

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John Clare·1793–1864·Romanticism
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he firetail tells the boys when nests are nighAnd tweets and flies from every passer-bye.The yellowhammer never makes a noiseBut flies in silence from the noisy boys;The boys will come and take them every day,And still she lays as none were ta'en away. The nightingale keeps tweeting-churring roundBut leaves in silence when the nest is found.The pewit hollos "chewrit" as she fliesAnd flops about the shepherd where he lies;But when her nest is found she stops her songAnd cocks [her] coppled crown and runs along.Wrens cock their tails and chitter loud and play,And robins hollo "tut" and fly away.
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