Stephen Maria Crane

Here you will find the Poem Once there was a man of poet Stephen Maria Crane

Once there was a man

Once there was a man - 
Oh, so wise! 
In all drink 
He detected the bitter, 
And in all touch 
He found the sting. 
At last he cried thus: 
'There is nothing - 
No life, 
No joy, 
No pain - 
There is nothing save opinion, 
And opinion be damned.'