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Poem by Stephen Crane


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With eye and with gesture
You say you are holy.
I say you lie;
For I did see you
Draw away your coats
From the sin upon the hands
Of a little child.
Liar!



Stephen Crane


Stephen Crane's other poems:
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  2. On the horizon the peaks assembled
  3. Love walked alone
  4. Walking in the sky
  5. The ocean said to me once


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