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THE BLACK RIDERS: 45 by STEPHEN CRANE

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First Line: TRADITION, THOU ART FOR SUCKLING CHILDREN
Last Line: BUT, ALAS, WE ALL ARE BABES.

Tradition, thou art for suckling children,
Thou art the enlivening milk for babes;
But no meat for men is in thee.
Then --
But, alas, we all are babes.




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