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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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“The lead actor delivered a powerful performance that moved the entire audience to tears.”

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Now is Past

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John Clare·1793–1864·Romanticism
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ow_ is past--the happynow When we together rovedBeneath the wildwood's oak-tree bough And Nature said we loved. Winter's blastThenow_ since then has crept between, And left us both apart.Winters that withered all the green Have froze the beating heart. Now is past. Now_ is past since last we met Beneath the hazel bough;Before the evening sun was set Her shadow stretched below. Autumn's blastHas stained and blighted every bough; Wild strawberries like her lipsHave left the mosses green below, Her bloom's upon the hips. Now is past. Now_ is past, is changed agen, The woods and fields are painted new.Wild strawberries which both gathered then, None know now where they grew. The skys oercast.Wood strawberries faded from wood sides, Green leaves have all turned yellow;No Adelaide walks the wood rides, True love has no bed-fellow. Now is past.
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