English Poetry. Stephen Crane. With eye and with gesture. Стивен Крейн.

Stephen Crane (Стивен Крейн)

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With eye and with gesture
You say you are holy.
I say you lie;
For I did see you
Draw away your coats
From the sin upon the hands
Of a little child.
Liar!

Stephen Crane’s other poems:

1. The ocean said to me once
2. Tell brave deeds of war
3. You tell me this is God?
4. Once I saw mountains angry
5. A learned man came to me once

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