And the silence of Jeanne d'Arc
Saying amid the flames, "Blessed Jesus" --
Revealing in two words all sorrows, all hope.
(Silence)
More Quotes from Edgar Lee Masters:
I thought over the last letter written meBy that estranged young soul
Whose betrayal of me I had concealed
By marrying the old man.
Edgar Lee Masters
She was a hunk of sculptor's clay,
My secret thoughts were fingers:
They flew behind her pensive brow
And lined it deep with pain.
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What will you do when you come to die,
If all your life long you have rejected Jesus,
And know as you lie there, He is not your friend?
Edgar Lee Masters
Passer-by, sin beyond any sin
Is the sin of blindness of souls to other souls.
Edgar Lee Masters
Why are you running so fast hither and thither
Chasing midges or butterflies?
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