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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 soul shall findThat endless peace for which it pined,For light appears,And to the eyes that still were blindWith blood and tears,Their sight shall come all unconfinedBeyond the years.