Author: Stephen Crane

Fast rode the knight With spurs, hot and reeking, Ever waving an eager sword, “To save my lady!” Fast rode […]

Once a man clambering to the housetops Appealed to the heavens. With strong voice he called to the deaf spheres; […]

Walking in the sky, A man in strange black garb Encountered a radiant form. Then his steps were eager; Bowed […]

With eye and with gesture You say you are holy. I say you lie; For I did see you Draw […]

There was one I met upon the road Who looked at me with kind eyes. Her said, “Show me of […]

Many red devils ran from my heart And out upon the page, They were so tiny The pen could mash […]

A youth in apparel that glittered Went to walk in a grim forest. There he met an assassin Attired all […]

The wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment. It was thickly grown with weeds. “Ha,” he said, […]

There was crimson clash of war. Lands turned black and bare; Women wept; Babes ran, wondering. There came one who […]

A god in wrath Was beating a man; He cuffed him loudly With thunderous blows That rang and rolled over […]

There was a man with tongue of wood Who essayed to sing, And in truth it was lamentable. But there […]

Love walked alone. The rocks cut her tender feet, And the brambles tore her fair limbs. There came a companion […]

Charity thou art a lie, A toy of women, A pleasure of certain men. In the presence of justice, Lo, […]

The trees in the garden rained flowers. Children ran there joyously. They gathered the flowers Each to himself. Now there […]

The impact of a dollar upon the heart Smiles warm red light, Sweeping from the hearth rosily upon the white […]

A learned man came to me once. He said, “I know the way, come.” And I was overjoyed at this. […]

“Think as I think,” said a man, “Or you are abominably wicked; You are a toad.” And after I had […]

In a lonely place, I encountered a sage Who sat, all still, Regarding a newspaper. He accosted me: “Sir, what […]

Should the wide world roll away, Leaving black terror, Limitless night, Nor God, nor man, nor place to stand Would […]

There was, before me, Mile upon mile Of snow, ice, burning sand. And yet I could look beyond all this, […]