Tell her this And more,— That the king of the seas Weeps too, old, helpless man. The bustling fates Heap his hands with corpses Until he stands like a child With surplus of toys.
Stephen CranePerhaps an individual must consider his own death to be the final phenomenon of nature.
Stephen CraneIt was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment.
Stephen CraneWhen it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples.
Stephen Crane