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Poetry Library

— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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The poetical effect of a lover's name upon glass:

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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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y name engrav'd hereinDoth contribute my firmness to this glass;Which, ever since that charm, hath beenAs hard as that which grav'd it was. DONNE. Their conceits were sentiments slight and trifling. On an inconstantwoman: He enjoys the calmy sunshine now,And no breath stirring hears;In the clear heaven of thy brow,No smallest cloud appears.He sees thee gentle, fair and gay,And trusts the faithless April of thy May. COWLEY Upon a paper, written with the juice of lemon, and read by the fire: Nothing yet in thee is seen,But when a genial heat warms thee within,A new-born wood of various lines there grows:Here buds an L, and there a B;Here sprouts a V, and there a T;And all the flourishing letters stand in rows. COWLEY. As they sought only for novelty, they did not much inquire, whethertheir allusions were to things high or low, elegant or gross; whetherthey compared the little to the great, or the great to the little.
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