The Mind
IX. I stood upon a high place
From The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
The Mind
I stood upon a high place,
And saw, below, many devils
Running, leaping,
And carousing in sin.
One looked up, grinning,
And said, "Comrade! Brother!"
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Crane, Stephen. “IX. I stood upon a high place.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/8/.
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