Stephen Crane Poems

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41.
Many Red Devils Ran From My Heart

Many red devils ran from my heart
And out upon the page,
They were so tiny
The pen could mash them.
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42.
I Stood Upon A High Place

I stood upon a high place,
And saw, below, many devils
Running, leaping,
and carousing in sin.
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43.
Places Among The Stars,

Places among the stars,
Soft gardens near the sun,
Keep your distant beauty;
Shed no beams upon my weak heart.
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44.
You Tell Me This Is God?

45.
Each Small Gleam Was A Voice

Each small gleam was a voice,
A lantern voice --
In little songs of carmine, violet, green, gold.
A chorus of colours came over the water;
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46.
Truth

"Truth," said a traveller,
"Is a rock, a mighty fortress;
Often have I been to it,
Even to its highest tower,
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47.
When The Prophet, A Complacent Fat Man

When the prophet, a complacent fat man,
Arrived at the mountain-top,
He cried: "Woe to my knowledge!
I intended to see good white lands
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48.
Forth Went The Candid Man

Forth went the candid man
And spoke freely to the wind --
When he looked about him he was in a far strange country.
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49.
Unwind My Riddle

UNWIND my riddle.
Cruel as hawks the hours fly;
Wounded men seldom come home to die;
The hard waves see an arm flung high;
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50.
Intrigue

THOU art my love
And thou art the peace of sundown
When the blue shadows soothe
And the grasses and the leaves sleep
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