The Mind
XXII. When the prophet, a complacent fat man
From War Is Kind (1899)
The Mind
When the prophet, a complacent fat
man,
Arrived at the mountain-top,
He cried: "Woe to my knowledge!
"I intended to see good white lands
"And bad black lands,
"But the scene is grey."
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MLA
Crane, Stephen. “XXII. When the prophet, a complacent fat man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/89/.
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Crane, Stephen. “XXII. When the prophet, a complacent fat man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crane/89/.
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