Poem: “To the maiden” by Stephen Crane

War is Kind & Other Lines (1905)

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To the maiden

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To the maiden
The sea was blue meadow,
Alive with little froth-people
Singing.

To the sailor, wrecked,
The sea was dead grey walls
Superlative in vacancy,
Upon which nevertheless at fateful time
Was written
The grim hatred of nature.

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