The Mind
XI. In a lonely place
From The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
The Mind
In a lonely place,
I encountered a sage
Who sat, all still,
Regarding a newspaper.
He accosted me:
"Sir, what is this?"
Then I saw that I was greater,
Aye, greater than this sage.
I answered him at once,
"Old, old man, it is the wisdom of the age."
The sage looked upon me with admiration.
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Crane, Stephen. “XI. In a lonely place.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/10/.
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