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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
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AGRANTS 119VALSE, THE 175VENGEANCE IS SWEET 98VETERAN, THE 256VOICE OF THE BANJO, THE 124VISITOR, THE 177 WADING' IN DE CREEK 239WAITING 100WARM DAY IN WINTER, A 168WE WEAR THE MASK 71WARRIOR'S PRAYER, THE 123WELTSCHMERTZ 220W'EN I GITS HOME 195WHAT'S THE USE 249WHEN A FELLER'S ITCHIN' TO BE SPANKED 264WHEN ALL IS DONE 113WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT 57WHEN DEY 'LISTED COLORED SOLDIERS 182WHEN MALINDY SINGS 82WHEN SAM'L SINGS 208WHEN THE OLD MAN SMOKES 95WHEN WINTER DARKENING ALL AROUND 275WHIP-POOR-WILL AND KATY-DID 186WHISTLING SAM 156WHITTIER 18WHY FADES A DREAM? 77WIND AND THE SEA, THE 69WINTER-SONG 236WINTER'S APPROACH 256WINTER'S DAY, A 120WITH THE LARK 90WOOING, THE 55WORN OUT 286WRAITH, THE 186
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