3 Quotes Tagged: crane

A man feared that he might find an assassin;
Another that he might find a victim.
One was more wise than the other.

"It was wrong to do this," said the angel.
"You should live like a flower,
Holding malice like a puppy,
Waging war like a lambkin."

"Not so," quoth the man
Who had no fear of spirits;
"It is only wrong for angels
Who can live like the flowers,
Holding malice like the puppies,
Waging war like the lambkins."

He saw that it was an ironical thing for him to be running thus toward that which he had been at such pains to avoid.