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THE BLACK RIDERS: 35 by STEPHEN CRANE

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First Line: A MAN SAW A BALL OF GOLD IN THE SKY
Last Line: AYE, BY THE HEAVENS, IT WAS A BALL OF GOLD.
A man saw a ball of gold in the sky;
He climbed for it,
And eventually he achieved it --
It was clay.

Now this is the strange part:
When the man went to the earth
And looked again,
Lo, there was the ball of gold.
Now this is the strange part:
It was a ball of gold.
Aye, by the heavens, it was a ball of gold.




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