Stephen Crane - Once There Was a Man
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2014-11-07
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Once there was a man --
Oh, so wise!
In all drink
He detected the bitter,
And in all touch
He found the sting.
At last he cried thus:
"There is nothing --
No life,
No joy,
No pain --
There is nothing save opinion,
And opinion be damned."
Stephen Crane
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/once-there-was-a-man/
Oh, so wise!
In all drink
He detected the bitter,
And in all touch
He found the sting.
At last he cried thus:
"There is nothing --
No life,
No joy,
No pain --
There is nothing save opinion,
And opinion be damned."
Stephen Crane
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/once-there-was-a-man/
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