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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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The Life and Poetry of Thomas Gray

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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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DES:--I. On the SpringII. On the Death of a Favorite CatIII. On a distant Prospect of Eton CollegeIV. To AdversityV. The Progress of PoesyVI. The BardVII. The Fatal SistersVIII. The Descent of OdinIX. The Death of HoelX. The Triumph of OwenXI. For Music MISCELLANEOUS:--A Long StoryElegy written in a Country ChurchyardEpitaph on Mrs Jane ClarkeStanzas, suggested by a View of the Seat and Ruins at Kingsgate,in Kent, 1766Translation from StatiusGray on himself
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