One poem in this collection describes "in heaven / some little blades of grass / stood before God" who asks them "what didyou do?"
One poem in this collection describes "in heaven / some little blades of grass / stood before God" who asks them "what didyou do?" The question "You say you are holy?" recurs throughout this collection, which includes a poem describing a manwho climbed into the heavens to reach "a ball of gold in the sky" and found it was made of clay. Another poem in it describesmeeting a seer who held the "book of wisdom" in his hands, but when the seer opens the book the speaker comments, "Strangethat I should have grown so suddenly blind." One poem in this collection begins, "Yes, I have a thousand tongues, / And nineand ninety-nine lie." The speaker of another poem in this collection is disturbed when he "saw a man pursuing the horizon."Its second poem depicts "three little birds in a row" who mock a man walking nearby because "He thinks he can sing." Thiscollection's Ârst poem describes the "clang and clang of spear and shield" made by Âgures who "came from the sea," and itsthird describes "a creature, naked, bestial" squatting "in the desert" and eating his own heart. For 10 points, name this 1895poetry collection by Stephen Crane.
One poem in this collection describes "in heaven / some little blades of grass / stood before God" who asks them "what didyou do?"
The Black Riders and Other Lines