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 ...
With our hearts like drifting suns, had we but walked,As often before, the April fields till star-lightSilkened over with viewless ...
Mr Kessler, you know, was in the army, And he drew six dollars a month as a pension, And stood ...
If the learned Supreme Court of IllinoisGot at the secret of every caseAs well as it does a case of ...
In the lust of my strengthI cursed God, but he paid no attention to me:I might as well have cursed ...
At first you will know not what they mean,And you may never know,And we may never tell you: —These sudden ...
I could not run or playIn boyhood.In manhood I could only sip the cup,Not drink —For scarlet-fever left my heart ...
The secret of the stars, — gravitation.The secret of the earth, — layers of rock.The secret of the soil, — ...
I began with Sir William Hamilton's lectures. Then studied Dugald Stewart; And then John Locke on the Understanding, And then ...
You never understood, O unknown one, Why it was I repaid Your devoted friendship and delicate ministrations First with diminished ...
Mr Kessler, you know, was in the army, And he drew six dollars a month as a pension, And stood ...
With our hearts like drifting suns, had we but walked, As often before, the April fields till star-light Silkened over ...
I could not run or play In boyhood. In manhood I could only sip the cup, Not drink -- For ...
In the lust of my strength I cursed God, but he paid no attention to me: I might as well ...
The secret of the stars, -- gravitation. The secret of the earth, -- layers of rock. The secret of the ...
At first you will know not what they mean, And you may never know, And we may never tell you: ...
If the learned Supreme Court of Illinois Got at the secret of every case As well as it does a ...
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