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Black Riders and Other Lines

Name: Black Riders and Other Lines
Author: Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane

Read by T. Tilbe · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Black riders came from the sea (0:42)
Three little birds in a row (0:35)
In the desert (0:34)
Yes, I have a thousand tongues (0:28)
Once there came a man (0:42)
God fashioned the ship of the world carefully (0:57)
Mystic shadow, bending near me (0:33)
I looked here (0:31)
I stood upon a high place (0:27)
Should the wide world roll away (0:31)
In a lonely place (0:37)
And the sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the heads of the children (0:35)
If there is a witness to my little life (0:26)
There was a crimson clash of war (0:38)
Tell brave deeds of war (0:28)
Charity, thou art a lie (0:28)
There were many who went in huddled procession (0:36)
In heaven (0:50)
A god in wrath (0:36)
A learned man came to me once (0:36)
There was, before me (0:46)
Once I saw mountains angry (0:40)
Places among the stars (0:38)
I saw a man pursuing the horizon (0:30)
Behold, the grave of a wicked man (0:44)
There was set before me a mighty hill (0:30)
A youth in apparel that glittered (0:44)
"Truth," said a traveller (0:47)
Behold, from the land of the farther suns (0:41)
Supposing that I should have the courage (0:35)
Many workmen (0:37)
Two or three angels (0:30)
There was one I met upon the road (0:49)
I stood upon a highway (0:40)
A man saw a ball of gold in the sky (0:39)
I met a seer (0:40)
On the horizon the peaks assembled (0:26)
The ocean said to me once (0:48)
The livid lightnings flashed in the clouds (0:41)
And you love me (0:57)
Love walked alone (0:27)
I walked in a desert (0:38)
There came whisperings in the winds (0:38)
I was in the darkness (0:29)
Tradition, thou art for suckling children (0:28)
Many red devils ran from my heart (0:30)
"Think as I think," said a man (0:26)
Once there was a man (0:34)
I stood musing in a black world (1:38)
You say you are holy (0:26)
A man went before a strange god (0:47)
Why do you strive for greatness, fool (0:38)
Blustering god (1:14)
"It was wrong to do this," said the angel (0:37)
A man toiled on a burning road (0:43)
A man feared that he might find an assassin (0:26)
With eye and with gesture (0:29)
The sage lectured brilliantly (0:39)
Walking in the sky (0:30)
Upon the road of my life (0:55)
There was a man and a woman (0:58)
There was a man who lived a life of fire (0:30)
There was a great cathedral (0:35)
Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground (0:32)
Once, I knew a fine song (0:39)
If I should cast off this tattered coat (0:30)
God lay dead in heaven (0:52)
A spirit sped (1:00)