English Poetry. Stephen Crane. A man said to the universe. Стивен Крейн.

Stephen Crane (Стивен Крейн)

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A man said to the universe:
”Sir I exist!”
”However,” replied the universe,
”The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.”

Stephen Crane’s other poems:

1. With eye and with gesture
2. The ocean said to me once
3. Tell brave deeds of war
4. Once I saw mountains angry
5. Charity thou art a lie

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