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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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DEMETRIUS, CALI.

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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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EMETRIUS.This night alone is ours--Our mighty foe,No longer lost in am'rous solitude,Will now remount the slighted seat of empire,And show Irene to the shouting people:Aspasia left her, sighing in his arms,And list'ning to the pleasing tale of pow'r;With soften'd voice she dropp'd the faint refusal,Smiling consent she sat, and blushing love. CALI.Now, tyrant, with satiety of beautyNow feast thine eyes; thine eyes, that ne'er hereafterShall dart their am'rous glances at the fair,Or glare on Cali with malignant beams.
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