The Mind
XLII. I walked in a desert
From The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
The Mind
I walked in a desert.
And I cried,
"Ah, God, take me from this place!"
A voice said, "It is no desert."
I cried, "Well, but--
"The sand, the heat, the vacant horizon."
A voice said, "It is no desert."
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MLA
Crane, Stephen. “XLII. I walked in a desert.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/41/.
Chicago
Crane, Stephen. “XLII. I walked in a desert.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/41/.
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