The Mind
XLV. Tradition, thou art for suckling children
From The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
The Mind
Tradition, thou art for suckling children,
Thou art the enlivening milk for babes;
But no meat for men is in thee.
Then--
But, alas, we all are babes.
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MLA
Crane, Stephen. “XLV. Tradition, thou art for suckling children.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/44/.
Chicago
Crane, Stephen. “XLV. Tradition, thou art for suckling children.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/44/.
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