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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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Thus he represents the meditations of a lover:

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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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hough in thy thoughts scarce any tracks have beenSo much as of original sin, Such charms thy beauty wears, as mightDesires in dying confest saints excite.Thou with strange adulteryDost in each breast a brothel keep;Awake, all men do lust for thee,And some enjoy thee when they sleep.
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