The Black Riders & Other Lines/Black riders came from the sea.

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Black riders came from the sea. (1905)
by Stephen Crane

This poem was published in 1905 in the volume The Black Rider & Other Lines.

4226Black riders came from the sea.1905Stephen Crane

Black riders came from the sea.
There was clang and clang of spear and shield,
And clash and clash of hoof and heel,
Wild shouts and the wave of hair
In the rush upon the wind:
Thus the ride of sin.