The Mind
LVII. With eye and with gesture
From The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
The Mind
With eye and with gesture
You say you are holy.
I say you lie;
For I did see you
Draw away your coats
From the sin upon the hands
Of a little child.
Liar!
Cite this poem
MLA
Crane, Stephen. “LVII. With eye and with gesture.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/56/.
Chicago
Crane, Stephen. “LVII. With eye and with gesture.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/56/.
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