Poems by Stephen Crane
Fast rode the knight
... And the gold of the knight's good banner ...
Black riders came from the sea.
... There was clang and clang of spear and shield, ...
And you love me
... My life, Caught in the stubble of the world ...
In the desert
... In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, ...
Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind
... Because your father tumbled in the yellow trenches, ...
In heaven
... "Oh, best little blade of grass!" He said ...
A man said to the universe:
... "Sir I exist!" "However," replied the universe, ...
In a lonely place,
... "Old, old man, it is the wisdom of the age ...
Yes, I have a thousand tongues
... It will make no melody at my will, ...
Once there came a man
... Who said, "Range me all men of the world in rows ...
Three little birds in a row
... Then did the little birds nudge each other ...
Love walked alone
... And the brambles tore her fair limbs ...
God lay dead in heaven
... Of dead sins Came monsters, livid with desire ...
I looked here
... For though she be fair and fairer, ...
The ocean said to me once
... Two white fish stand guard at his bier ...
