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Poem by Stephen Crane


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Yes, I have a thousand tongues,
And nine and ninety-nine lie.
Though I strive to use the one,
It will make no melody at my will,
But is dead in my mouth.



Stephen Crane


Stephen Crane's other poems:
  1. In the night
  2. A spirit sped
  3. If there is a witness to my little life
  4. Blustering God
  5. A man toiled on a burning road


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