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Lyric Poem · Peace

Two or three angels

by Stephen Crane

1Two or three angels

2Came near to the earth.

3They saw a fat church.

4Little black streams of people

5Came and went in continually.

6And the angels were puzzled

7To know why the people went thus,

8And why they stayed so long within.

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Poem
Two or three angels
Poet
Stephen Crane
Length
8 lines
Form
Lyric Poem, Short Poems
Themes
Peace, Short

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Stephen Crane1871–1900
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PoetryDBTwo or three angels by stephen-crane, PoetryDB transcription
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