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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.”



Stephen Crane


Stephen Crane's other poems:
  1. Blustering God
  2. I walked in a desert
  3. Many workmen
  4. The trees in the garden rained flowers
  5. Love walked alone


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