Living
The Wayfarer
From Modern American Poetry (1921)
Living
The wayfarer,
Perceiving the pathway to truth,
Was struck with astonishment.
It was thickly grown with weeds.
“Ha,” he said,
“I see that no one has passed here
In a long time.”
Later he saw that each weed
Was a singular knife.
“Well,” he mumbled at last,
“Doubtless there are other roads.”
Cite this poem
MLA
Crane, Stephen. “The Wayfarer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/68/.
Chicago
Crane, Stephen. “The Wayfarer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/68/.
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