 | Book collecting - 1895 - 536 pages
...giving new expression to philosophic truths or truisms : " I saw a man pursuing the horizon ; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this ; I accosted...is futile,' I said, ' You can never — ' " ' You He,' he cried. And ran on." Very few of his poems sound the note of love ; and when they do, there... | |
 | Stephen Crane - American poetry - 1896 - 90 pages
...SHE IS HERE IN A PLACE OF BLACKNESS, HERE I STAY AND WAIT. I SAW A MAN PURSUING THE HORIZON J ROUND AND ROUND THEY SPED. I WAS DISTURBED AT THIS ; I ACCOSTED...FUTILE," I SAID, " YOU CAN NEVER " " YOU LIE," HE CRIED, AND RAN ON. BEHOLD, THE GRAVE OF A WICKED MAN, AND NEAR IT, A STERN SPIRIT. THERE CAME A DROOPING MAID... | |
 | Yale University. Class of 1902 - 1913 - 826 pages
...little man Who stood against the Mountains. STEPHEN CRANE. I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted...futile," I said, "You can never" — "You lie," he cried, And ran on. STEPHEN CRANE. AUTOBIOGRAPHIES HEBE is THE BEQUEST : "The changing guests, each in a different... | |
 | Harry Persons Taber, Elbert Hubbard - American literature - 1895 - 248 pages
...one of the verses and says this, which I heartily endorse : I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted...said, " You can never " — — " You lie," he cried. And ran on. This was Mr. Howells proving that Ibsen is valuable and interesting. It is to be hoped... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - American poetry - 1921 - 470 pages
...only to die at the journey's end, June 5, 1900. I SAW A MAN I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted...I said, " You can never " — "You lie," he cried, And ran on. THE WAYFARER The wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment.... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - American poetry - 1922 - 424 pages
...only to die at the journey's end, June 5/1900. I SAW A MAN I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted...futile," I said, "You can never" — "You lie," he cried, And ran on. THE WAYFARER The wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment.... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - American poetry - 1923 - 442 pages
...only to die at the journey's end, June 5, 1900. I SAW A MAN I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. "It is futile," I said, "You can never" — THE WAYFARER The wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment. It was... | |
 | Thomas Beer - Authors, American - 1923 - 264 pages
...sudden shadows." That was rude and pretty bad. Worse came: "I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this: I accosted...I said, 'You can never — ' 'You lie,' he cried, And ran on." "Two or three angels Came near to the earth. They saw a fat church. Little streams of... | |
 | Stephen Phillips, Galloway Kyle - Poetry - 1925 - 490 pages
...and we welcome the song, though the mystery of it remains. I saw a man pursuing the horizon ; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this ; I accosted...I said, " You can never " " You lie ! " he cried, And ran on. He was a New Poet, poor wretch! Apart from manifestations of that kind, how may one know... | |
 | Louis Untermeyer - American poetry - 1925 - 666 pages
...only to die at the journey's end, June 5, 1900. I SAW A MAN I saw a man pursuing the horizon ; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted...futile," I said, "You can never" — "You lie," he cried, And ran on. THE WAYFARER The wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment.... | |
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I saw a man pursuing the horizon ; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this; I accosted the man. "It is futile," I said, "You can never" — "You lie, 
