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 ...
I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea, And the silence of the city when ...
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, ...
From the wide miles of autumn corn, Here to this sun-lit hill, The wind wails for a hope forlorn, And ...
Flag of the great republic, banner of men who were free! Carried aloft for freedom in many a bloody gorge; ...
Old pioneers, how fare your souls to-day? They seem to be Imminent about this pastoral way, This sunny lea, The ...
I was just turned twenty-one,And Henry Phipps, the Sunday-school superintendent,Made a speech in Bindle's Opera House."The honor of the flag ...
She took my strength by minutes, She took my life by hours, She drained me like a fevered moon That ...
I grew spiritually fat living off the souls of men.If I saw a soul that was strongI wounded its pride ...
Take note, passers-by, of the sharp erosionsEaten in my head-stone by the wind and rain —Almost as if an intangible ...
Henry got me with child, Knowing that I could not bring forth life Without losing my own. In my youth ...
I was the Widow McFarlane, Weaver of carpets for all the village. And I pity you still at the loom ...
I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea, And the silence of the city when it ...
She took my strength by the minutes, She took my life by hours, She drained me like a fevered moon ...
Henry got me with child, Knowing that I could not bring forth life Without losing my own. In my youth ...
I was just turned twenty-one, And Henry Phipps, the Sunday-school superintendent, Made a speech in Bindle's Opera House. "The honor ...
I grew spiritually fat living off the souls of men. If I saw a soul that was strong I wounded ...
Take note, passers-by, of the sharp erosions Eaten in my head-stone by the wind and rain -- Almost as if ...
© 2020 Inspirational Stories