Epilogue (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
(THE GRAVEYARD OF SPOON RIVER. TWO VOICES ARE HEARD BEHIND A SCREEN DECORATED WITH DIABOLICAL AND ANGELIC FIGURES IN VARIOUS ...
(THE GRAVEYARD OF SPOON RIVER. TWO VOICES ARE HEARD BEHIND A SCREEN DECORATED WITH DIABOLICAL AND ANGELIC FIGURES IN VARIOUS ...
[The late Mr. Jonathan Swift Somers, laureate of Spoon River, planned The Spooniad as an epic in twenty-four books, but ...
Because thou wast most delicate, A woman fair for men to see, The earth did compass thy estate, Thou didst ...
Why are you running so fast hither and thitherChasing midges or butterflies?Some of you are standing solemnly scratching for grubs;Some ...
When Reuben Pantier ran away and threw meI went to Springfield. There I met a lush,Whose father just deceased left ...
Almost the shell of a woman after the surgeon's knife!And almost a year to creep back into strength,Till the dawn ...
The press of the Spoon River Clarion was wrecked,And I was tarred and feathered,For publishing this on the day the ...
What do you see now? Globes of red, yellow, purple. Just a moment! And now? My father and mother and ...
I know that he told how I snared his soul With a snare which bled him to death. And all ...
My wife lost her health,And dwindled until she weighed scarce ninety pounds.Then that woman, whom the menStyled Cleopatra, came along.And ...
When I first came to Spoon River I did not know whether what they told me Was true or false. ...
Silent before the jury,Returning no word to the judge when he asked meIf I had aught to say against the ...
Together in this grave lie Benjamin Painter, attorney at law, And Nig, his dog, constant companion, solace and friend. Down ...
Not character, not fortitude, not patienceWere mine, the which the village thought I hadIn bearing with my wife, while preaching ...
My father who owned the wagon-shopAnd grew rich shoeing horsesSent me to the University of Montreal.I learned nothing and returned ...
Knowlt Hoheimer ran away to the warThe day before Curl TrenarySwore out a warrant through Justice ArnettFor stealing hogs.But that's ...
The secret of the stars, — gravitation.The secret of the earth, — layers of rock.The secret of the soil, — ...
All they said was true: I wrecked my father's bank with my loans To dabble in wheat; but this was ...
Doc Meyers said I had satyriasis, And Doc Hill called it leucaemia -- But I know what brought me here: ...
Out of the lights and roar of cities, Drifting down like a spark in Spoon River, Burnt out with the ...
Do you remember, passer-by, the path I wore across the lot where now stands the opera house, Hasting with swift ...
They brought me ambrotypes Of the old pioneers to enlarge. And sometimes one sat for me- Some one who was ...
Here lies the body of Lois Spears, Born Lois Fluke, daughter of Willard Fluke, Wife of Cyrus Spears, Mother of ...
I was among multitudes of children Dancing at the foot of a mountain. A breeze blew out of the east ...
A chaplain in the army, A chaplain in the prisons, An exhorter in Spoon River, Drunk with divinity, Spoon River ...
I preached four thousand sermons, I conducted forty revivals, And baptized many converts. Yet no deed of mine Shines brighter ...
Why are you running so fast hither and thither Chasing midges or butterflies? Some of you are standing solemnly scratching ...
Silent before the jury, Returning no word to the judge when he asked me If I had aught to say ...
When Reuben Pantier ran away and threw me I went to Springfield. There I met a lush, Whose father just ...
My father who owned the wagon-shop And grew rich shoeing horses Sent me to the University of Montreal. I learned ...
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