Stephen Maria Crane

Here you will find the Poem Once a man clambering to the housetops of poet Stephen Maria Crane

Once a man clambering to the housetops

Once a man clambering to the housetops 
Appealed to the heavens. 
With strong voice he called to the deaf spheres; 
A warrior's shout he raised to the suns. 
Lo, at last, there was a dot on the clouds, 
And -- at last and at last -- 
-- God -- the sky was filled with armies.