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THE BLACK RIDERS: 62 by STEPHEN CRANE

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First Line: THERE WAS A MAN WHO LIVED A LIFE OF FIRE
Last Line: HE SAW THAT HE HAD NOT LIVED.
There was a man who lived a life of fire.
Even upon the fabric of time,
Where purple becomes orange
And orange purple,
This life glowed,
A dire red stain, indelible;
Yet when he was dead,
He saw that he had not lived.





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