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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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OF A SPEECH OF AQUILEIO IN THE 'ADRIANO' OF METASTASIO, BEGINNING, 'TU

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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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rown old in courts, thou art not surely oneWho keeps the rigid rules of ancient honour:Well skill'd to soothe a foe with looks of kindness,To sink the fatal precipice before him,And then lament his fall with seeming friendship:Open to all, true only to thyself,Thou know'st those arts which blast with envious praise,Which aggravate a fault with feign'd excuses,And drive discountenanced Virtue from the throneThat leave the blame of rigour to the prince, 10And of his every gift usurp the merit;That hide in seeming zeal a wicked purpose,And only build upon each other's ruin. * * * * *
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