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Poem: “Once there was a man” by Stephen Crane

The Black Rider & Other Lines (1905)

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< < < “Think as I think,” said a man
I stood musing in a black world > > >

Once there was a man

Once there was a man —
Oh, so wise!
In all drink
He detected the bitter,
And in all touch
He found the sting.
At last he cried thus:
“There is nothing —
No life,
No joy,
No pain —
There is nothing save opinion,
And opinion be damned.”

< < < “Think as I think,” said a man
I stood musing in a black world > > >

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

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