The Mind
XIII. If there is a witness to my little life
From The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
The Mind
If there is a witness to my little life,
To my tiny throes and struggles,
He sees a fool;
And it is not fine for gods to menace fools.
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MLA
Crane, Stephen. “XIII. If there is a witness to my little life.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/12/.
Chicago
Crane, Stephen. “XIII. If there is a witness to my little life.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/12/.
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