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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:
  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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