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Two or three angels Came near to the earth. They saw a fat church. Little black streams of people Came and went in continually. And the angels were puzzled To know why the people went thus, And why they stayed so long within.Stephen Crane
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When the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked him: "Why?" He replied: "Because no one admired me.Stephen Crane
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Tell her this And more, – That the king of the seas Weeps too, old, helpless man. The bustling fates Heap his hands with corpses Until he stands like a child With surplus of toys.Stephen Crane
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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.Stephen Crane
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It was wrong to do this, " said the angel." You should live like a flower, Holding malice like a puppy, Waging war like a lambkin."" Not so, " quoth the man Who had no fear of spirits;" It is only wrong for angels Who can live like the flowers, Holding malice like the puppies, Waging war like the lambkins.Stephen Crane