Stephen Crane
Saturday, November 07, 2009 17:54:00
“I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. “It is futile,” I said, “You can never -“
“You lie,” he cried, And ran on. -Stephen Crane “Behold, the grave of a wicked man, And near it, a stern spirit.
There came a drooping maid with violets, But the spirit grasped her arm. “No flowers for him,” he said. The maid wept: “Ah, I loved him.” But the spirit, grim and frowning: “No flowers for him.”
Now, this is it — If the spirit was just, Why did the maid weep? Stephen Crane both from FinallySeeing
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