Stephen Maria Crane

Here you will find the Poem Supposing that I should have the courage of poet Stephen Maria Crane

Supposing that I should have the courage

Supposing that I should have the courage 
To let a red sword of virtue 
Plunge into my heart, 
Letting to the weeds of the ground 
My sinful blood, 
What can you offer me? 
A gardened castle? 
A flowery kingdom? 

What? A hope? 
Then hence with your red sword of virtue.