"It was wrong to do this," said the angel.
"You should live like a flower,
Holding malice like a puppy,
Waging war like a lambkin."
"Not so," quoth the man
Who had no fear of spirits;
"It is only wrong for angels
Who can live like the flowers,
Holding malice like the puppies,
Waging war like the lambkins."
More verses by Stephen Crane
- Black Riders Came From The Sea
- A Man Toiled On A Burning Road
- A Newspaper Is A Collection Of Half-Injustices
- A God In Wrath
- A Man Feared That He Might Find An Assassin;