Tradition, thou art for suckling children,
Thou art the enlivening milk for babes;
But no meat for men is in thee.
Then --
But, alas, we all are babes.

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Poet: Stephen Crane (Stephen Crane Art)
Poem: 45. Tradition, thou art for suckling children
Volume: The Black Riders & Other Lines
Year: Published/Written in 1905

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