Poem: “Once a man clambering to the housetops” by Stephen Crane

War is Kind & Other Lines (1905)

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Once a man clambering to the housetops

Once a man clambering to the housetops
Appealed to the heavens.
With strong voice he called to the deaf spheres;
A warrior’s shout he raised to the suns.
Lo, at last, there was a dot on the clouds,
And — at last and at last —
— God — the sky was filled with armies.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Stephen Crane – Poems by Stephen Crane – War is Kind & Other Lines

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Once a man clambering to the housetops

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