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 ...
[The late Mr. Jonathan Swift Somers, laureate of Spoon River, planned The Spooniad as an epic in twenty-four books, but ...
Rich, honored by my fellow citizens,The father of many children, born of a noble mother,All raised thereIn the great mansion-house, ...
Dust of my dust, And dust with my dust, O, child who died as you entered the world, Dead with ...
Well, Emily Sparks, your prayers were not wasted,Your love was not all in vain.I owe whatever I was in lifeTo ...
I, born in WeimarOf a mother who was FrenchAnd German father, a most learned professor,Orphaned at fourteen years,Became a dancer, ...
Reverend Wiley advised me not to divorce himFor the sake of the children,And Judge Somers advised him the same.So we ...
I was the daughter of Lambert Hutchins,Born in a cottage near the grist-mill,Reared in the mansion there on the hill,With ...
I was the millinerTalked about, lied about,Mother of Dora,Whose strange disappearanceWas charged to her rearing.My eye quick to beautySaw much ...
What will you do when you come to die,If all your life long you have rejected Jesus,And know as you ...
I was only eight years old;And before I grew up and knew what it meantI had no words for it, ...
On a mountain top above the cloudsThat streamed like a sea below meI said that peak is the thought of ...
My mother was for woman's rights And my father was the rich miller at London Mills. I dreamed of the ...
Here lies the body of Lois Spears, Born Lois Fluke, daughter of Willard Fluke, Wife of Cyrus Spears, Mother of ...
This I saw with my own eyes: A cliff-swallow Made her nest in a hole of the high clay-bank There ...
I was well known and much beloved And rich, as fortunes are reckoned In Spoon River, where I had lived ...
Whoever thou art who passest by Know that my father was gentle, And my mother was violent, While I was ...
Dust of my dust, And dust with my dust, O, child who died as you entered the world, Dead with ...
I was only eight years old; And before I grew up and knew what it meant I had no words ...
Well, Emily Sparks, your prayers were not wasted, Your love was not all in vain. I owe whatever I was ...
I, born in Weimar Of a mother who was French And German father, a most learned professor, Orphaned at fourteen ...
I was the daughter of Lambert Hutchins, Born in a cottage near the grist-mill, Reared in the mansion there on ...
I was the milliner Talked about, lied about, Mother of Dora, Whose strange disappearance Was charged to her rearing. My ...
"What will you do when you come to die, If all your life long you have rejected Jesus, And know ...
[The late Mr. Jonathan Swift Somers, laureate of Spoon River, planned The Spooniad as an epic in twenty-four books, but ...
Rich, honored by my fellow citizens, The father of many children, born of a noble mother, All raised there In ...
On a mountain top above the clouds That streamed like a sea below me I said that peak is the ...
Reverend Wiley advised me not to divorce him For the sake of the children, And Judge Somers advised him the ...
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