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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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CALI, ABDALLA.

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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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BDALLA.How the new monarch, swell'd with airy rule,Looks down, contemptuous, from his fancy'd height,And utters fate, unmindful of Abdalla! CALI.Far be such black ingratitude from Cali!When Asia's nations own me for their lord,Wealth, and command, and grandeur shall be thine! ABDALLA.Is this the recompense reserv'd for me?Dar'st thou thus dally with Abdalla's passion?Henceforward, hope no more my slighted friendship;Wake from thy dream of power to death and tortures,And bid thy visionary throne farewell.
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