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“I saw a man pursuing the horizon” by Stephen Crane [w/ Audio]

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I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
 Round and round they sped.
 I was disturbed at this;
 I accosted the man.
 "It is futile," I said,
 "You can never ---"

"You lie," he cried,
 And ran on.

“A Burnt Ship” by John Donne [w/ Audio]

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Out of a fired ship, which by no way
 But drowning could be rescued from the flame,
 Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they came
 Near the foes' ships, did by their shot decay;
 So all were lost, which in the ship were found,
   They in the sea being burnt,
   They in the burnt ship drown'd.