but his body persisted in rebellion and his senses nagged a… - Stephen Crane

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but his body persisted in rebellion and his senses nagged at him like pampered babies.

Stephen Crane

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Stephen Crane (1 November 1871 – 5 June 1900) was an American novelist, poet and journalist.

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Alternative Names: Johnston Smith

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Why — why — ” stammered the youth struggling with his balking tongue.

The lieutenant of the youth's company was shot in the hand. He began to swear so wondrously that a nervous laugh went along the regimental line. The officer's profanity sounded conventional. It relieved the tightened senses of the new men. It was as if he had hit his fingers with a tack hammer at home.

Tell her this
And more, — That the king of the seas
Weeps too, old, helpless man.
The bustling fates
Heap his hands with corpses
Until he stands like a child
With surplus of toys.

but his body persisted in rebellion and his senses nagged at him like pampered babies. - Stephen Crane

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