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Poem: “Forth went the candid man” by Stephen Crane

War is Kind & Other Lines (1905)

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American LiteratureAmerican PoetryStephen CranePoems by Stephen CraneWar is Kind & Other Lines
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Forth went the candid man


Forth went the candid man
And spoke freely to the wind —
When he looked about him he was in a far strange country.

Forth went the candid man
And spoke freely to the stars —
Yellow light tore sight from his eyes.

“My good fool,” said a learned bystander,
“Your operations are mad.”

“You are too candid,” cried the candid man,
And when his stick left the head of the learned bystander
It was two sticks.


< < < Fast rode the knight
You tell me this is God? > > >

American LiteratureAmerican PoetryStephen CranePoems by Stephen CraneWar is Kind & Other Lines


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