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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, LEONTIUS, ABDALLA.

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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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EONTIUS.Our bark, unseen, has reach'd th' appointed bay,And, where yon trees wave o'er the foaming surge,Reclines against the shore: our Grecian troopExtends its lines along the sandy beach,Elate with hope, and panting for a foe.
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