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Fast rode the knight
by Stephen Crane
Fast rode the knight
With spurs, hot and reeking,
Ever waving an eager sword,
"To save my lady!"
Fast rode the knight,
And leaped from saddle to war.
Men of steel flickered and gleamed
Like riot of silver lights,
And the gold of the knight's good banner
Still waved on a castle wall.
. . . . .
A horse,
Blowing, staggering, bloody thing,
Forgotten at foot of castle wall.
A horse
Dead at foot of castle wall.
On November 1,1871 Jonathan Townley Crane and Mary Helen Peck Crane, welcomed their fourteenth child, Stephen Crane into the world. Jonathan was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church and his wife Mary was active in the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, and published fiction. Mary and Jonathan had lost several children within the first year of life, which made Stephen the ninth living child the couple had. Stephen started writing at an early age. By the time he was sixteen he was sending articles into the New York tribute. Crane studied at Lafayette College and Syracuse University. When his mother passed away he moved to New York to focus on his writing.
Crane worked as a freelance writer for Bachelor-Johnson newspaper syndicate. During this time he lived among the poor researching for his first novel “Meggie.” It is said that Crane even dressed up as a lady of the night and spent an evening in the flophouse. His attention to details inspired other writers to learn more about the Lower East Side. Crane’s next novel was a war story, “The Red Badge of Courage,” Followed by Crane’s collection of poems “The Black Rider.”
The more popular Crane’s writing became the more he wanted to experience, he became a correspondent in combat areas. He traveled to Greece, Mexico, Cuba and Texas reporting on war events. “The Open Boat” is based on his experience while travelling to Cuba. The vessel he was on sank, several passengers and Crane clung to life while waiting for rescue. This unfortunate event left Crane’s health permanently impaired. Physically he would never recover.
At the end of his life Crane had racked up quite a debt and he threw himself into his writing. He published “The Monster and Other Stories,” followed by “War is Kind,” but none of his later work sold as well as his first novels had. In December 1899, Crane suffered a severe pulmonary hemorrhage. Crane fought back from his hemorrhage and started writing “The O’Ruddy” but he passed away before the novel was finished. At the young age of 28 Crane suffered another hemorrhages and died on June 5, 1900.
Places among the stars
by Stephen Crane
Places among the stars,
Soft gardens near the sun,
Keep your distant beauty;
Shed no beams upon my weak heart.
Since she is here
In a place of blackness,
Not your golden days
Nor your silver nights
Can call me to you.
Since she is here
In a place of blackness,
Here I stay and wait
There was one I met upon the road
by Stephen Crane
There was one I met upon the road
Who looked at me with kind eyes.
Her said, "Show me of your wares."
And this I did,
Holding forth one.
He said, "It is a sin."
Then held I forth another;
He said, "It is a sin."
Then held I forth another;
He said, "It is a sin."
And so to the end;
Always he said, "It is a sin."
And, finally, I cried out,
"But I have none other."
Then did he look at me
With kinder eyes.
"Poor soul!" he said.
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