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THE BLACK RIDERS: 12 by STEPHEN CRANE

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First Line: WELL, THEN, I HATE THEE, UNRIGHTEOUS PICTURE
Last Line: IT WILL BE A BRAVE THING.
"And the sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the heads of the children,
even unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me."

Well, then I hate thee, unrighteous picture;
Wicked image, I hate thee;
So, strike with thy vengeance
The heads of those little men
Who come blindly.
It will be a brave thing.




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