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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WAR IS KIND: 14, by STEPHEN CRANE Poet Analysis
First Line: A slant of sun on dull brown walls
Last Line: "o god, save us!"
Variant Title(s): Hymn
First Line: A slant of sun on dull brown walls
Last Line: "o god, save us!"
Variant Title(s): Hymn
A slant of sun on dull brown walls,
A forgotten sky of bashful blue.
Toward God a mighty hymn,
A song of collisions and cries,
Rumbling wheels, hoof-beats, bells,
Welcomes, farewells, love-calls, final moans,
Voices of joy, idiocy, warning, despair,
The unknown appeals of brutes,
The chanting of flowers,
The screams of cut trees,
The senseless babble of hens and wise men --
A cluttered incoherency that says at the stars:
"O God, save us!"
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