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THE BLACK RIDERS: 14 by STEPHEN CRANE

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First Line: THERE WAS CRIMSON CLASH OF WAR
Last Line: THAT STILL THE REASON WAS NOT.
Subject(s): WAR;
There was crimson clash of war.
Lands turned black and bare;
Women wept;
Babes ran, wondering.
There came one who understood not these things.
He said, "Why is this?"
Whereupon a million strove to answer him.
There was such intricate clamour of tongues,
That still the reason was not.




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