Poem by Stephen Crane

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Once a man clambering to the housetops
Appealed to the heavens.
With strong voice he called to the deaf spheres;
A warrior’s shout he raised to the suns.
Lo, at last, there was a dot on the clouds,
And -- at last and at last --
-- God -- the sky was filled with armies.

1. Blustering God
2. You tell me this is God?
3. Behold, from the land of the farther suns
4. Why do you strive for greatness, fool?
5. I explain the silvered passing of a ship at night

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