Two or three angels
Came near to the earth.
They saw a fat church.
Little black streams of people
Came and went in continually.
And the angels were puzzled
To know why the people went thus,
And why they stayed so long within.
More verses by Stephen Crane
- The Man
- If There Is A Witness To My Little Life
- With Eye And With Gesture
- It Was Wrong To Do This, Said The Angel
- The Impact Of A Dollar Upon The Heart
