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. A man toiled on a burning road
2. Upon the road of my life
3. The successful man has thrust himself
4. I stood upon a highway
5. Mystic shadow, bending near me

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