Religion
XV. Once a man clambering to the housetops
From War Is Kind (1899)
Religion
Once a man clambering to the housetops
Appealed to the heavens.
With a strong voice he called to the deaf
spheres;
A warrior's shout he raised to the suns.
Lo, at last, there was a dot on the clouds,
And--at last and at last--
--God--the sky was filled with armies.
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MLA
Crane, Stephen. “XV. Once a man clambering to the housetops.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/82/.
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Crane, Stephen. “XV. Once a man clambering to the housetops.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/82/.
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