The Mind
LIV. "It was wrong to do this," said the angel
From The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
The Mind
"It was wrong to do this," said the angel.
"You should live like a flower,
"Holding malice like a puppy,
"Waging war like a lambkin."
"Not so," quoth the man
Who had no fear of spirits;
"It is only wrong for angels
"Who can live like the flowers,
"Holding malice like the puppies,
"Waging war like the lambkins."
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Crane, Stephen. “LIV. "It was wrong to do this," said the angel.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/53/.
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Crane, Stephen. “LIV. "It was wrong to do this," said the angel.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/53/.
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