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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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That of the king was the following:

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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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t bello audacis populi vexatus et armis,Finibus extorris, complexu avulsus luli,Auxilium imploret, videatque indigna suorumFunera, nec, cum se sub leges pacis iniquaeTradiderit, regno aut optata luce fruatur:Sed cadat ante diem, mediaque inhumatus arena. Aeneid. iv. 615. Yet let a race untam'd, and haughty foes,His peaceful entrance with dire arms oppose,Oppress'd with numbers in th' unequal field,His men discourag'd and himself expell'd:Let him for succour sue from place to place,Torn from his subjects and his son's embrace.First let him see his friends in battle slain,And their untimely fate lament in vain:And when, at length, the cruel war shall cease,On hard conditions may he buy his peace;Nor let him then enjoy supreme command.But fall untimely by some hostile hand,And lie unburied on the barren sand. DRYDEN.
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