Edgar Lee Masters Poems (427 Poems)
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 ALLEGORICAL RELATIONS. A FAINT LIGHT SHOWS DIMLY THROUGH THE SCREEN AS IF IT WERE WOVEN OF LEAVES, BRANCHES AND SHADOWS.) … Continue reading
The Spooniad (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
[The late Mr. Jonathan Swift Somers, laureate of Spoon River, planned The Spooniad as an epic in twenty-four books, but unfortunately did not live to complete even the first book. The fragment was found among his papers by William Marion … Continue reading
Samson And Delilah (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
Because thou wast most delicate, A woman fair for men to see, The earth did compass thy estate, Thou didst hold life and death in fee, And every soul did bend the knee. Much pleasure also made thee grieve(Note: (Wherein … Continue reading
The Temple (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
Beyond the gates of Hercules The seven builders took the stone, Spurned everywhere in days of ease, Long lying loose and overthrown, Now carried over bitter seas Where crystally Arcturus shone! Well for the demi-gods who chose The granite long … Continue reading
Silence (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea, And the silence of the city when it pauses, And the silence of a man and a maid, And the silence for which music alone … Continue reading
America (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
Glorious daughter of time! Thou of the mild blue eye — Thou of the virginal forehead –pallid, unfurrowed of tears– Thou of the strong white hands with fingers dipped in the dye Of the blood that quickened the fathers of … Continue reading
Glorious France (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
You have become a forge of snow-white fire, A crucible of molten steel, O France! Your sons are stars who cluster to a dawn And fade in light for you, O glorious France! They pass through meteor changes with a … Continue reading
O Glorious France (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
You have become a forge of snow-white fire,A crucible of molten steel, O France!Your sons are stars who cluster to a dawnAnd fade in light for you, O glorious France!They pass through meteor changes with a songWhich to all islands … Continue reading
The Two Souls (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
Two souls within this lunar cycle passed Beyond the curtained stage of life and time. One weary from long vigils, bent with toil, Fell ere his task was done; and one consumed With glooming fire that fed upon itself Within … Continue reading
The Pioneer (Edgar Lee Masters Poems)
From the wide miles of autumn corn, Here to this sun-lit hill, The wind wails for a hope forlorn, And the grief of a ruined will. The soul of a thousand years long dead, And stark to the mellow day, … Continue reading
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