Welcome to the LinguaTech International Stephen Crane poetry collection. |
| Click on any of the links below to see a specific poem. Titles in quotes are first lines (or partial first lines) -- Crane did not title the majority of his poems (or "lines" as he called them). |
| If you are aware of any of his poems that we are missing, please e-mail us the poem and a note about its source. Thank you! |
| I. | THE BLACK RIDERS (Thus the ride of sin.) |
| II. | "THREE LITTLE BIRDS" (They said, "He thinks he can sing.") |
| III. | "IN THE DESERT" ("Because it is bitter, and because it is my heart.") |
| IV. | "YES, I HAVE A THOUSAND TONGUES" (And nine and ninety-nine lie.) |
| V. | "ONCE THERE CAME A MAN" ("Range me all men of the world in rows.") |
| VI. | "GOD FASHIONED THE SHIP OF THE WORLD" (forever rudderless, it went upon the seas) |
| VII. | "MYSTIC SHADOW, BENDING NEAR ME" (is the truth bitter as eaten fire?) |
| VIII. | "I LOOKED HERE" (Nowhere could I see my love.) |
| IX. | "I STOOD UPON A HIGH PLACE" (many devils running, leaping, And carousing in sin) |
| X. | "SHOULD THE WIDE WORLD ROLL AWAY" (If thou and thy white arms were there) |
| XI. | "IN A LONELY PLACE" (it is the wisdom of the age) |
| XII. | "WELL, THEN I HATE THEE" |
| XIII. | "IF THERE IS A WITNESS TO MY LITTLE LIFE" (He sees a fool) |
| XIV. | "THERE WAS CRIMSON CLASH OF WAR" (He said, "Why is this?") |
| XV. | "TELL BRAVE DEEDS OF WAR" |
| XVI. | "CHARITY THOU ART A LIE" |
| XVII. | "THERE WERE MANY WHO WENT IN HUDDLED PROCESSION" (There was one who sought a new road.) |
| XVIII. | "IN HEAVEN" (little blades of grass) |
| XIX. | "A GOD IN WRATH" (Was beating a man) |
| XX. | "A LEARNED MAN CAME TO ME ONCE" (He said, "I know the way, -- come.") |
| XXI. | "THERE WAS, BEFORE ME" (Mile upon mile of snow, ice, burning sand.) |
| XXII. | "ONCE I SAW MOUNTAINS ANGRY" (Then did I see much virtue in grandfathers) |
| XXIII. | "PLACES AMONG THE STARS" (Since she is here) |
| XXIV. | "I SAW A MAN PURSUING THE HORIZON" |
| XXV. | "BEHOLD, THE GRAVE OF A WICKED MAN" |
| XXVI. | "THERE WAS SET BEFORE ME A MIGHTY HILL" |
| XXVII. | "A YOUTH IN APPAREL THAT GLITTERED" (he met an assassin) |
| XXVIII. | "'TRUTH,' SAID A TRAVELLER" |
| XXIX. | "BEHOLD, FROM THE LAND OF THE FARTHER SUNS" |
| XXX. | "SUPPOSING THAT I SHOULD HAVE THE COURAGE" (red sword of virtue) |
| XXXI. | "MANY WORKMEN BUILT A HUGE BALL OF MASONRY" |
| XXXII. | "TWO OR THREE ANGELS" (They saw a fat church.) |
| XXXIII. | "THERE WAS ONE I MET UPON THE ROAD" (He said, "It is a sin.") |
| XXXIV. | "I STOOD UPON A HIGHWAY" ("This is my pattern of God.") |
| XXXV. | "A MAN SAW A BALL OF GOLD" |
| XXXVI. | "I MET A SEER" (The Book of Wisdom) |
| XXXVII. | "ON THE HORIZON THE PEAKS ASSEMBLED" |
| XXXVIII. | "THE OCEAN SAID TO ME ONCE" (Yonder...is a woman, weeping) |
| XXXIX. | "THE LIVID LIGHTNINGS FLASHED IN THE CLOUD" (The voice of God!) |
| XL. | "AND YOU LOVE ME" (You are, then, cold coward.) |
| XLI. | "LOVE WALKED ALONE" (his name was heart's pain) |
| XLII. | "I WALKED IN A DESERT" (A voice said, "It is no desert.") |
| XLIII. | "THERE CAME WHISPERINGS IN THE WINDS" (Good-bye! Good-bye!) |
| XLIV. | "I WAS IN THE DARKNESS" (Let me into the darkness again.) |
| XLV. | "TRADITION, THOU ART FOR SUCKLING CHILDREN" |
| XLVI. | "MANY RED DEVILS RAN FROM MY HEART" |
| XLVII. | "'THINK AS I THINK,' SAID A MAN" (or...you are a toad) |
| XLVIII. | "ONCE THERE WAS A MAN" (There is nothing save opinion.) |
| XLIX. | "I STOOD MUSING IN A BLACK WORLD" |
| L. | "YOU SAY YOU ARE HOLY" (because I have not seen you sin) |
| LI. | "A MAN WENT BEFORE A STRANGE GOD" (And the deity thundered loudly) |
| LII. | "WHY DO YOU STRIVE FOR GREATNESS, FOOL?" (Go pluck a bough and wear it.) |
| LIII. | "BLUSTERING GOD" (I fear You not.) |
| LIV. | "'IT WAS WRONG TO DO THIS,' SAID THE ANGEL" |
| LV. | "A MAN TOILED ON A BURNING ROAD" |
| LVI. | "A MAN FEARED THAT HE MIGHT FIND AN ASSASSIN" |
| LVII. | "WITH EYE AND WITH GESTURE" (You say you are holy.) |
| LVIII. | "THE SAGE LECTURED BRILLIANTLY" (Before him, two images) |
| LIX. | "WALKING IN THE SKY" (A man...encountered a radiant form.) |
| LX. | "UPON THE ROAD OF MY LIFE" ("I am good deed...you have often seen me") |
| LXI. | "THERE WAS A MAN AND A WOMAN" (Who sinned.) |
| LXII. | "THERE WAS A MAN WHO LIVED A LIFE OF FIRE" |
| LXIII. | "THERE WAS A GREAT CATHEDRAL" |
| LXIV. | "FRIEND, YOUR WHITE BEARD SWEEPS THE GROUND" (Do you hope to see...the march of justice?) |
| LXV. | "ONCE I KNEW A FINE SONG" (It was all of birds) |
| LXVI. | "IF I SHOULD CAST OFF THIS TATTERED COAT" (What then?) |
| LXVII. | "GOD LAY DEAD IN HEAVEN" |
| LXVIII. | "A SPIRIT SPED" ("God! God!") |
| I. | WAR IS KIND (Do not weep.) |
| II. | "WHAT SAYS THE SEA, LITTLE SHELL?" |
| III. | "TO THE MAIDEN" (The sea was a blue meadow) |
| IV. | "A LITTLE INK MORE OR LESS!" (Is this God?) |
| V. | "HAVE YOU EVER MADE A JUST MAN?" ("Oh, I have made three") |
| VI. | "I EXPLAIN THE SILVERED PASSING OF A SHIP AT NIGHT" |
| VII. | "I HAVE HEARD THE SUNSET SONG OF THE BIRCHES" |
| VIII. | "FAST RODE THE KNIGHT" ("To save my lady!") |
| IX. | "FORTH WENT THE CANDID MAN" (And spoke freely to the wind) |
| X. | "YOU TELL ME THIS IS GOD?" (this is a printed list) |
| XI. | "ON THE DESERT" (the dance of the whispering snakes) |
| XII. | "A NEWSPAPER IS A COLLECTION OF HALF-INJUSTICES" |
| XIII. | "THE WAYFARER" (Perceiving the pathway to truth) |
| XIV. | "A SLANT OF SUN ON DULL BROWN WALLS" (Toward God a mighty hymn) |
| XV. | "ONCE A MAN CLAMBERING TO THE HOUSETOPS" (A warrior's shout he raised) |
| XVI. | "THERE WAS A MAN WITH TONGUE OF WOOD" |
| XVII. | "THE SUCCESSFUL MAN HAS THRUST HIMSELF" (In guiltless ignorance, in ignorant guilt) |
| XVIII. | "IN THE NIGHT" (And the peaks looked toward God alone.) |
| XIX. | "THE CHATTER OF A DEATH-DEMON FROM A TREE-TOP" |
| XX. | "THE IMPACT OF A DOLLAR UPON THE HEART" |
| XXI. | "A MAN SAID TO THE UNIVERSE" ("Sir, I exist!") |
| XXII. | "WHEN THE PROPHET" ("but the scene is grey") |
| XXIII. | "THERE WAS A LAND WHERE LIVED NO VIOLETS" |
| XXIV. | "AY, WORKMAN, MAKE ME A DREAM" (a dream for my love) |
| XXV. | "EACH SMALL GLEAM WAS A VOICE" (a chorus of colours came over the water) |
| XXVI. | "THE TREES IN THE GARDEN RAINED FLOWERS" (some who gathered great heaps) |
| XXVII. | "WHEN A PEOPLE REACH THE TOP OF A HILL" (the blue battalions) |
| "UNWIND MY RIDDLE" | (from "The Clan of No-Name", published in the 1900 short story collection Wounds in the Rain) |