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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 his mistress bathing:

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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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he fish around her crowded, as they doTo the false light that treacherous fishers shew,And all with as much ease might taken be,As she at first took me;For ne'er did light so clearAmong the waves appear,Though every night the sun himself set there. COWLEY.
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