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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 UNIVERSAL EPITAPH

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John Clare·1793–1864·Romanticism
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o flattering praises daub my stone,My frailties and my faults to hide;My faults and failings all are known--I liv’d in sin--in sin I died. And oh! condemn me not, I pray,You who my sad confession view;But ask your soul, if it can say,That I’m a viler man than you.
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