Poem by Stephen Crane

"It was wrong to do this," said the angel

”It was wrong to do this,” said the angel.
”You should live like a flower,
Holding malice like a puppy,
Waging war like a lambkin.”

”Not so,” quoth the man
Who had no fear of spirits;
”It is only wrong for angels
Who can live like the flowers,
Holding malice like the puppies,
Waging war like the lambkins.”

1. If I should cast off this tattered coat
2. There was a man and a woman
3. A man toiled on a burning road
4. Tell brave deeds of war
5. A spirit sped

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