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THE BLACK RIDERS: 44 by STEPHEN CRANE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WAS IN THE DARKNESS
Last Line: "LET ME INTO THE DARKNESS AGAIN."

I was in the darkness;
I could not see my words
Nor the wishes of my heart.
Then suddenly there was a great light --

"Let me into the darkness again."



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