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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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Paul Laurence Dunbar·1872–1906·modernist literature
eyond the years the prayer for restShall beat no more within the breast;The darkness clears,And Morn perched on the mountain's crestHer form uprears--The day that is to come is best,Beyond the years.