A god in wrath  
Was beating a man;  
He cuffed him loudly  
With thunderous blows  
That rang and rolled over the earth.  
All people came running.  
The man screamed and struggled,  
And bit madly at the feet of the god.  
The people cried,  
"Ah, what a wicked man!"  
And --  
"Ah, what a redoubtable god!"
Stephen Crane
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-god-in-wrath/