1997
A Learned Man
Composed by 
Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem Text by 
Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane Evidence of Things Not Seen Song Collection
"A Learned Man" is the 20th song in Rorem's massive song cycle Evidence of Things Not Seen, which sets 36 poems by a total of 24 authors.
Text
A Learned Man
by Stephen Crane
A learned man came to me once.
He said, “I know the way—come.”
And I was overjoyed at this.
Together we hastened.
Soon, too soon, were we
Where my eyes were useless,
And I knew not the ways of my feet.
I clung to the hand of my friend:
But at last he cried, “I am lost.”
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