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THE BLACK RIDERS: 57 by STEPHEN CRANE

Poet Analysis

First Line: WITH EYE AND WITH GESTURE
Last Line: LIAR!

With eye and with gesture
You say you are holy.
I say you lie;
For I did see you
Draw away your coats
From the sin upon the hands
Of a little child.
Liar!





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