| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1632. I Explain |
| | | By Stephen Crane |
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| I EXPLAIN the silvered passing of a ship at night, | |
| The sweep of each sad lost wave, | |
| The dwindling boom of the steel thing’s striving, | |
| The little cry of a man to a man, | |
| A shadow falling across the grayer night, | 5 |
| And the sinking of the small star; | |
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| Then the waste, the far waste of waters, | |
| And the soft lashing of black waves | |
| For long and in loneliness. | |
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| Remember, thou, O ship of love, | 10 |
| Thou leavest a far waste of waters, | |
| And the soft lashing of black waves | |
| For long and in loneliness. | |
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