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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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WRITTEN IN RIDICULE OF CERTAIN POEMS PUBLISHED

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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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heresoe'er I turn my view,All is strange, yet nothing new;Endless labour all along,Endless labour to be wrong;Phrase that time has flung away,Uncouth words in disarray,Trick'd in antique ruff and bonnet,Ode, and elegy, and sonnet. * * * * *
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