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. Once a man clambering to the housetops
2. You tell me this is God?
3. There came whisperings in the winds
4. Why do you strive for greatness, fool?
5. I explain the silvered passing of a ship at night

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