The Black Riders and Other Lines



The Black Riders and Other Lines is a book of poetry written by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). First published in 1895 by Copeland and Day, it was Crane's second published volume, following Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) and predating The Red Badge of Courage (1895). Its first printing was a limited run of 500 copies, with a few issued in vellum, and contained fifty-six short poems written in Crane's sparse, unconventional style. The untitled "lines", as Crane referred to them, were differentiated by roman numerals and written entirely in small capitals.