The Mind
LXII. There was a man who lived a life of fire
From The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895)
The Mind
There was a man who lived a life of fire.
Even upon the fabric of time,
Where purple becomes orange
And orange purple,
This life glowed,
A dire red stain, indelible;
Yet when he was dead,
He saw that he had not lived.
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MLA
Crane, Stephen. “LXII. There was a man who lived a life of fire.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/61/.
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Crane, Stephen. “LXII. There was a man who lived a life of fire.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/61/.
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