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Stephen
Crane
(Стефен Крейн, 1871 - 1900)
American Author, Journalist, War Correspondent
XXVIII
ИСТИНА
"Truth," said a traveller,
"Is a rock, a mighty fortress;
Often have I been to it,
Even to its highest tower,
From whence the world looks black."
"Truth," said a traveller,
"Is a breath, a wind,
A shadow, a phantom;
Long have I pursued it,
But never have I touched
The hem of its garment."
And I believed the second traveller;
For truth was to me
A breath, a wind,
A shadow, a phantom,
And never had I touched
The hem of its garment.
© 2001 Elena and Yakov
Feldman
