It was wrong t do this, said the angel (Stephen Crane Poems)
'It was wrong to do this,' said the angel.'You should live like a flower,Holding malice like a puppy,Waging war like ...
'It was wrong to do this,' said the angel.'You should live like a flower,Holding malice like a puppy,Waging war like ...
A man saw a ball of gold in the sky;He climbed for it,And eventually he achieved it --It was clay.Now ...
Once a man clambering to the housetops Appealed to the heavens. With strong voice he called to the deaf spheres; ...
I explain the silvered passing of a ship at night, The sweep of each sad lost wave, The dwindling boom ...
Forth went the candid man And spoke freely to the wind -- When he looked about him he was in ...
"I have heard the sunset song of the birches, A white melody in the silence, I have seen a quarrel ...
Tradition, thou art for suckling children, Thou art the enlivening milk for babes; But no meat for men is in ...
A newspaper is a collection of half-injustices Which, bawled by boys from mile to mile, Spreads its curious opinion To ...
The impact of a dollar upon the heart Smiles warm red light, Sweeping from the hearth rosily upon the white ...
Ay, workman, make me a dream, A dream for my love. Cunningly weave sunlight, Breezes, and flowers. Let it be ...
A man toiled on a burning road, Never resting. Once he saw a fat, stupid ass Grinning at him from ...
When the prophet, a complacent fat man, Arrived at the mountain-top, He cried: "Woe to my knowledge! I intended to ...
There was a man with tongue of wood Who essayed to sing, And in truth it was lamentable. But there ...
"Have you ever made a just man?" "Oh, I have made three," answered God, "But two of them are dead, ...
The livid lightnings flashed in the clouds; The leaden thunders crashed. A worshipper raised his arm. "Hearken! Hearken! The voice ...
A man went before a strange God -- The God of many men, sadly wise. And the deity thundered loudly, ...
There was a man who lived a life of fire. Even upon the fabric of time, Where purple becomes orange ...
I stood musing in a black world, Not knowing where to direct my feet. And I saw the quick stream ...
"It was wrong to do this," said the angel. "You should live like a flower, Holding malice like a puppy, ...
On the desert A silence from the moon's deepest valley. Fire rays fall athwart the robes Of hooded men, squat ...
i There was a man and a woman Who sinned. Then did the man heap the punishment All upon the ...
Once there was a man -- Oh, so wise! In all drink He detected the bitter, And in all touch ...
When a people reach the top of a hill, Then does God lean toward them, Shortens tongues and lengthens arms. ...
Behold, the grave of a wicked man, And near it, a stern spirit. There came a drooping maid with violets, ...
Charity thou art a lie, A toy of women, A pleasure of certain men. In the presence of justice, Lo, ...
Should the wide world roll away, Leaving black terror, Limitless night, Nor God, nor man, nor place to stand Would ...
A man saw a ball of gold in the sky; He climbed for it, And eventually he achieved it -- ...
Walking in the sky, A man in strange black garb Encountered a radiant form. Then his steps were eager; Bowed ...
In the night Grey heavy clouds muffled the valleys, And the peaks looked toward God alone. "O Master that movest ...
Once I saw mountains angry, And ranged in battle-front. Against them stood a little man; Aye, he was no bigger ...
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