Source: The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895), XXIV
“I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.”
Source: The Black Riders and Other Lines (1895), XXIV
Context: 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.
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