Poem: “Once, I knew a fine song” by Stephen Crane

The Black Rider & Other Lines (1905)

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American Literature – American Poetry – Stephen Crane – Poems by Stephen Crane –The Black Rider & Other Lines
< < < Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground
If I should cast off this tattered coat > > >

Once, I knew a fine song

Once, I knew a fine song,
— It is true, believe me —
It was all of birds,
And I held them in a basket;
When I opened the wicket,
Heavens! They all flew away.
I cried, “Come back, little thoughts!”
But they only laughed.
They flew on
Until they were as sand
Thrown between me and the sky.

< < < Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground
If I should cast off this tattered coat > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Stephen Crane – Poems by Stephen Crane – The Black Rider & Other Lines

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