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 ...
Because thou wast most delicate, A woman fair for men to see, The earth did compass thy estate, Thou didst ...
Beyond the gates of Hercules The seven builders took the stone, Spurned everywhere in days of ease, Long lying loose ...
Glorious daughter of time! Thou of the mild blue eye -- Thou of the virginal forehead --pallid, unfurrowed of tears-- ...
Two souls within this lunar cycle passed Beyond the curtained stage of life and time. One weary from long vigils, ...
If the grim Fates, to stave ennui, Play whips for fun, or snares for game, The liar full of ease ...
Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom, and Charley, The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, ...
The press of the Spoon River Clarion was wrecked,And I was tarred and feathered,For publishing this on the day the ...
Do you think that odes and sermons,And the ringing of church bells,And the blood of old men and young men,Martyred ...
Their spirits beat upon mineLike the wings of a thousand butterflies.I closed my eyes and felt their spirits vibrating.I closed ...
I was the millinerTalked about, lied about,Mother of Dora,Whose strange disappearanceWas charged to her rearing.My eye quick to beautySaw much ...
I made two fights for the people.First I left my party, bearing the gonfalonOf independence, for reform, and was defeated.Next ...
Very well, you liberals,And navigators into realms intellectual,You sailors through heights imaginative,Blown about by erratic currents, tumbling into air pockets,You ...
I was among multitudes of children Dancing at the foot of a mountain. A breeze blew out of the east ...
I was the Widow McFarlane, Weaver of carpets for all the village. And I pity you still at the loom ...
Do you remember, passer-by, the path I wore across the lot where now stands the opera house, Hasting with swift ...
Their spirits beat upon mine Like the wings of a thousand butterflies. I closed my eyes and felt their spirits ...
Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom, and Charley, The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, ...
Do you think that odes and sermons, And the ringing of church bells, And the blood of old men and ...
Very well, you liberals, And navigators into realms intellectual, You sailors through heights imaginative, Blown about by erratic currents, tumbling ...
I was the milliner Talked about, lied about, Mother of Dora, Whose strange disappearance Was charged to her rearing. My ...
The press of the Spoon River Clarion was wrecked, And I was tarred and feathered, For publishing this on the ...
I made two fights for the people. First I left my party, bearing the gonfalon Of independence, for reform, and ...
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