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Black Riders and Other Lines

Public domain audiobook

Black Riders and Other Lines

by Stephen Crane

English· 00:44:00· 68 chapters
A collection of enigmatic poems

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Black riders came from the sea

    00:42
  2. Chapter 2

    Three little birds in a row

    00:35
  3. Chapter 3

    In the desert

    00:34
  4. Chapter 4

    Yes, I have a thousand tongues

    00:28
  5. Chapter 5

    Once there came a man

    00:42
  6. Chapter 6

    God fashioned the ship of the world carefully

    00:57
  7. Chapter 7

    Mystic shadow, bending near me

    00:33
  8. Chapter 8

    I looked here

    00:31
  9. Chapter 9

    I stood upon a high place

    00:27
  10. Chapter 10

    Should the wide world roll away

    00:31
  11. Chapter 11

    In a lonely place

    00:37
  12. Chapter 12

    And the sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the heads of the children

    00:35
  13. Chapter 13

    If there is a witness to my little life

    00:26
  14. Chapter 14

    There was a crimson clash of war

    00:38
  15. Chapter 15

    Tell brave deeds of war

    00:28
  16. Chapter 16

    Charity, thou art a lie

    00:28
  17. Chapter 17

    There were many who went in huddled procession

    00:36
  18. Chapter 18

    In heaven

    00:50
  19. Chapter 19

    A god in wrath

    00:36
  20. Chapter 20

    A learned man came to me once

    00:36
  21. Chapter 21

    There was, before me

    00:46
  22. Chapter 22

    Once I saw mountains angry

    00:40
  23. Chapter 23

    Places among the stars

    00:38
  24. Chapter 24

    I saw a man pursuing the horizon

    00:30
  25. Chapter 25

    Behold, the grave of a wicked man

    00:44
  26. Chapter 26

    There was set before me a mighty hill

    00:30
  27. Chapter 27

    A youth in apparel that glittered

    00:44
  28. Chapter 28

    "Truth," said a traveller

    00:47
  29. Chapter 29

    Behold, from the land of the farther suns

    00:41
  30. Chapter 30

    Supposing that I should have the courage

    00:35
  31. Chapter 31

    Many workmen

    00:37
  32. Chapter 32

    Two or three angels

    00:30
  33. Chapter 33

    There was one I met upon the road

    00:49
  34. Chapter 34

    I stood upon a highway

    00:40
  35. Chapter 35

    A man saw a ball of gold in the sky

    00:39
  36. Chapter 36

    I met a seer

    00:40
  37. Chapter 37

    On the horizon the peaks assembled

    00:26
  38. Chapter 38

    The ocean said to me once

    00:48
  39. Chapter 39

    The livid lightnings flashed in the clouds

    00:41
  40. Chapter 40

    And you love me

    00:57
  41. Chapter 41

    Love walked alone

    00:27
  42. Chapter 42

    I walked in a desert

    00:38
  43. Chapter 43

    There came whisperings in the winds

    00:38
  44. Chapter 44

    I was in the darkness

    00:29
  45. Chapter 45

    Tradition, thou art for suckling children

    00:28
  46. Chapter 46

    Many red devils ran from my heart

    00:30
  47. Chapter 47

    "Think as I think," said a man

    00:26
  48. Chapter 48

    Once there was a man

    00:34
  49. Chapter 49

    I stood musing in a black world

    01:38
  50. Chapter 50

    You say you are holy

    00:26
  51. Chapter 51

    A man went before a strange god

    00:47
  52. Chapter 52

    Why do you strive for greatness, fool

    00:38
  53. Chapter 53

    Blustering god

    01:14
  54. Chapter 54

    "It was wrong to do this," said the angel

    00:37
  55. Chapter 55

    A man toiled on a burning road

    00:43
  56. Chapter 56

    A man feared that he might find an assassin

    00:26
  57. Chapter 57

    With eye and with gesture

    00:29
  58. Chapter 58

    The sage lectured brilliantly

    00:39
  59. Chapter 59

    Walking in the sky

    00:30
  60. Chapter 60

    Upon the road of my life

    00:55
  61. Chapter 61

    There was a man and a woman

    00:58
  62. Chapter 62

    There was a man who lived a life of fire

    00:30
  63. Chapter 63

    There was a great cathedral

    00:35
  64. Chapter 64

    Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground

    00:32
  65. Chapter 65

    Once, I knew a fine song

    00:39
  66. Chapter 66

    If I should cast off this tattered coat

    00:30
  67. Chapter 67

    God lay dead in heaven

    00:52
  68. Chapter 68

    A spirit sped

    01:00