Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground (Stephen Crane Poem)
Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground. Why do you stand, expectant? Do you hope to see it In one ...
Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground. Why do you stand, expectant? Do you hope to see it In one ...
A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise ...
There were many who went in huddled procession, They knew not whither; But, at any rate, success or calamity Would ...
To the maiden The sea was blue meadow, Alive with little froth-people Singing. To the sailor, wrecked, The sea was ...
The successful man has thrust himself Through the water of the years, Reeking wet with mistakes -- Bloody mistakes; Slimed ...
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, ...
Why do you strive for greatness, fool? Go pluck a bough and wear it. It is as sufficing. My Lord, ...
Many workmen Built a huge ball of masonry Upon a mountain-top. Then they went to the valley below, And turned ...
There was a man who lived a life of fire. Even upon the fabric of time, Where purple becomes orange ...
i Blustering God, Stamping across the sky With loud swagger, I fear You not. No, though from Your highest heaven ...
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 stood upon a highway, And, behold, there came Many strange peddlers. To me each one made gestures, Holding forth ...
A youth in apparel that glittered Went to walk in a grim forest. There he met an assassin Attired all ...
You say you are holy, And that Because I have not seen you sin. Aye, but there are those Who ...
I met a seer. He held in his hands The book of wisdom. "Sir," I addressed him, "Let me read." ...
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. ...
There came whisperings in the winds: "Good-bye! Good-bye!" Little voices called in the darkness: "Good-bye! Good-bye!" Then I stretched forth ...
Behold, the grave of a wicked man, And near it, a stern spirit. There came a drooping maid with violets, ...
"What says the sea, little shell? What says the sea? Long has our brother been silent to us, Kept his ...
Charity thou art a lie, A toy of women, A pleasure of certain men. In the presence of justice, Lo, ...
Many red devils ran from my heart And out upon the page, They were so tiny The pen could mash ...
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 -- ...
A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at ...
Upon the road of my life, Passed me many fair creatures, Clothed all in white, and radiant. To one, finally, ...
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