by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900)
A learned man came to me once
Language: English
A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way--come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon, too soon, were we Where my eyes were useless, And I knew not the ways of my feet. I clung to the hand of my friend: But at last he cried, "I am lost."
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Authorship:
- by Stephen Crane (1871 - 1900), no title, appears in The Black Riders and Other Lines, no. 20, first published 1895 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "A learned man", 1997, published 1999, from Evidence of Things Not Seen, no. 20 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Ahmed E. Ismail
This text was added to the website: 2004-08-04
Line count: 9
Word count: 57