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The Black Riders and Other Lines

Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)

A collection of enigmatic poems

Genre(s): Free Verse

Language: English

Keyword(s): poetry (1795), American poetry (9), free verse (9), epigrams (5), symbols (2)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Black riders came from the sea	T. Tilbe	00:00:42
Play 02	Three little birds in a row	T. Tilbe	00:00:35
Play 03	In the desert	T. Tilbe	00:00:34
Play 04	Yes, I have a thousand tongues	T. Tilbe	00:00:28
Play 05	Once there came a man	T. Tilbe	00:00:42
Play 06	God fashioned the ship of the world carefully	T. Tilbe	00:00:57
Play 07	Mystic shadow, bending near me	T. Tilbe	00:00:33
Play 08	I looked here	T. Tilbe	00:00:31
Play 09	I stood upon a high place	T. Tilbe	00:00:27
Play 10	Should the wide world roll away	T. Tilbe	00:00:31
Play 11	In a lonely place	T. Tilbe	00:00:37
Play 12	And the sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the heads of the children	T. Tilbe	00:00:35
Play 13	If there is a witness to my little life	T. Tilbe	00:00:26
Play 14	There was a crimson clash of war	T. Tilbe	00:00:38
Play 15	Tell brave deeds of war	T. Tilbe	00:00:28
Play 16	Charity, thou art a lie	T. Tilbe	00:00:28
Play 17	There were many who went in huddled procession	T. Tilbe	00:00:36
Play 18	In heaven	T. Tilbe	00:00:50
Play 19	A god in wrath	T. Tilbe	00:00:36
Play 20	A learned man came to me once	T. Tilbe	00:00:36
Play 21	There was, before me	T. Tilbe	00:00:46
Play 22	Once I saw mountains angry	T. Tilbe	00:00:40
Play 23	Places among the stars	T. Tilbe	00:00:38
Play 24	I saw a man pursuing the horizon	T. Tilbe	00:00:30
Play 25	Behold, the grave of a wicked man	T. Tilbe	00:00:44
Play 26	There was set before me a mighty hill	T. Tilbe	00:00:30
Play 27	A youth in apparel that glittered	T. Tilbe	00:00:44
Play 28	"Truth," said a traveller	T. Tilbe	00:00:47
Play 29	Behold, from the land of the farther suns	T. Tilbe	00:00:41
Play 30	Supposing that I should have the courage	T. Tilbe	00:00:35
Play 31	Many workmen	T. Tilbe	00:00:37
Play 32	Two or three angels	T. Tilbe	00:00:30
Play 33	There was one I met upon the road	T. Tilbe	00:00:49
Play 34	I stood upon a highway	T. Tilbe	00:00:40
Play 35	A man saw a ball of gold in the sky	T. Tilbe	00:00:39
Play 36	I met a seer	T. Tilbe	00:00:40
Play 37	On the horizon the peaks assembled	T. Tilbe	00:00:26
Play 38	The ocean said to me once	T. Tilbe	00:00:48
Play 39	The livid lightnings flashed in the clouds	T. Tilbe	00:00:41
Play 40	And you love me	T. Tilbe	00:00:57
Play 41	Love walked alone	T. Tilbe	00:00:27
Play 42	I walked in a desert	T. Tilbe	00:00:38
Play 43	There came whisperings in the winds	T. Tilbe	00:00:38
Play 44	I was in the darkness	T. Tilbe	00:00:29
Play 45	Tradition, thou art for suckling children	T. Tilbe	00:00:28
Play 46	Many red devils ran from my heart	T. Tilbe	00:00:30
Play 47	"Think as I think," said a man	T. Tilbe	00:00:26
Play 48	Once there was a man	T. Tilbe	00:00:34
Play 49	I stood musing in a black world	T. Tilbe	00:01:38
Play 50	You say you are holy	T. Tilbe	00:00:26
Play 51	A man went before a strange god	T. Tilbe	00:00:47
Play 52	Why do you strive for greatness, fool	T. Tilbe	00:00:38
Play 53	Blustering god	T. Tilbe	00:01:14
Play 54	"It was wrong to do this," said the angel	T. Tilbe	00:00:37
Play 55	A man toiled on a burning road	T. Tilbe	00:00:43
Play 56	A man feared that he might find an assassin	T. Tilbe	00:00:26
Play 57	With eye and with gesture	T. Tilbe	00:00:29
Play 58	The sage lectured brilliantly	T. Tilbe	00:00:39
Play 59	Walking in the sky	T. Tilbe	00:00:30
Play 60	Upon the road of my life	T. Tilbe	00:00:55
Play 61	There was a man and a woman	T. Tilbe	00:00:58
Play 62	There was a man who lived a life of fire	T. Tilbe	00:00:30
Play 63	There was a great cathedral	T. Tilbe	00:00:35
Play 64	Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground	T. Tilbe	00:00:32
Play 65	Once, I knew a fine song	T. Tilbe	00:00:39
Play 66	If I should cast off this tattered coat	T. Tilbe	00:00:30
Play 67	God lay dead in heaven	T. Tilbe	00:00:52
Play 68	A spirit sped	T. Tilbe	00:01:00

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