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TrashcanMan · 05-18-2011, 10:46 AM

Stephen Crane :

To the maiden
The sea was blue meadow,
Alive with little froth-people
Singing.

To the sailor, wrecked,
The sea was dead grey walls
Superlative in vacancy,
Upon which nevertheless at fateful time
Was written
The grim hatred of nature.

05-18-2011, 10:46 AM	#1570
TrashcanMan Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 1244 Join Date: May 2011 Device: none	Stephen Crane : To the maiden The sea was blue meadow, Alive with little froth-people Singing. To the sailor, wrecked, The sea was dead grey walls Superlative in vacancy, Upon which nevertheless at fateful time Was written The grim hatred of nature.