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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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SCENE II.

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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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SPASIA, IRENE _and attendants_. IRENE.See how the moon, through all th' unclouded sky,Spreads her mild radiance, and descending dewsRevive the languid flow'rs; thus nature shoneNew from the maker's hand, and fair array'dIn the bright colours of primeval spring;When purity, while fraud was yet unknown,Play'd fearless in th' inviolated shades.This elemental joy, this gen'ral calm,Is, sure, the smile of unoffended heav'n.Yet! why--
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