English Poetry. Stephen Crane. There was a man and a woman. Стивен Крейн.

Stephen Crane (Стивен Крейн)

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I

There was a man and a woman
Who sinned.
Then did the man heap the punishment
All upon the head of her,
And went away gaily.

II

There was a man and a woman
Who sinned.
And the man stood with her.
As upon her head, so upon his,
Fell blow and blow,
And all people screaming, "Fool!"
He was a brave heart.

III

He was a brave heart.
Would you speak with him, friend?
Well, he is dead,
And there went your opportunity.
Let it be your grief
That he is dead
And your opportunity gone;
For, in that, you were a coward.

Stephen Crane’s other poems:

1. With eye and with gesture
2. There was a man who lived a life of fire
3. When the prophet, a complacent fat man
4. The ocean said to me once
5. To the maiden

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