When the prophet, a complacent fat man,
Arrived at the mountain-top,
He cried: "Woe to my knowledge!
I intended to see good white lands
And bad black lands,
But the scene is grey."

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Poet: Stephen Crane (Stephen Crane Art)
Poem: 22. When the prophet, a complacent fat man,
Volume: War is Kind & Other Lines
Year: Published/Written in 1899
Poem of the Day: Oct 7 2009

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