The Mind
XXIX. Behold, from the land of the farther suns
From The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
The Mind
Behold, from the land of the farther suns
I returned.
And I was in a reptile-swarming place,
Peopled, otherwise, with grimaces,
Shrouded above in black impenetrableness.
I shrank, loathing,
Sick with it.
And I said to him,
"What is this?"
He made answer slowly,
"Spirit, this is a world;
"This was your home."
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Crane, Stephen. “XXIX. Behold, from the land of the farther suns.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/28/.
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Crane, Stephen. “XXIX. Behold, from the land of the farther suns.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/28/.
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