Once a man clambering to the housetops
Appealed to the heavens.
With strong voice he called to the deaf spheres;
A warrior's shout he raised to the suns.
Lo, at last, there was a dot on the clouds,
And -- at last and at last --
-- God -- the sky was filled with armies.

Poet: Stephen Crane
Poem: 15. Once a man clambering to the housetops
Volume: War is Kind & Other Lines
Year: Published/Written in 1899

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