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Stephen Crane - I saw a man pursuing the horizon

I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
"It is futile," I said,
"You can never -"

"You lie," he cried,
And ran on.

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I saw a man pursuing the horizon - Comments and Information

Poet: Stephen Crane
Poem: 24. I saw a man pursuing the horizon
Volume: The Black Riders & Other Lines
Year: Published/Written in 1905
Poem of the Day: Jun 25 2000

Comment 17 of 17, added on March 26th, 2008 at 6:18 PM.

Crane is a naturalist he is interested in showing how faith in something you can never reach is ignorant and how men refuse to believe the impossible is possible and that blind faith in achieving the impossible is futile.

Andy from United States
Comment 16 of 17, added on June 11th, 2007 at 8:52 PM.

i like this poem ...........show more poem for me...

moniko ramdani from Indonesia
Comment 15 of 17, added on May 5th, 2007 at 1:28 AM.

well......we all have certains goals in our life .and it very true that mankind believe on impossible ...remember everthing is possible with God and only if you put effort on it.becuase the man pursuing the horizon he was determined to achieve his goal no matter what....

from Canada

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