Poem: “Supposing that I should have the courage” by Stephen Crane

The Black Rider & Other Lines (1905)

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Supposing that I should have the courage

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Supposing that I should have the courage
To let a red sword of virtue
Plunge into my heart,
Letting to the weeds of the ground
My sinful blood,
What can you offer me?
A gardened castle?
A flowery kingdom?

What? A hope?
Then hence with your red sword of virtue.

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