But if he could describe it all
He would be an artist.
(Silence)
More Quotes from Edgar Lee Masters:
If the excursion train to PeoriaHad just been wrecked, I might have escaped with my life --
Certainly I should have escaped this place.
Edgar Lee Masters
In death, therefore, I am avenged.
Edgar Lee Masters
Out of me the forgiveness of millions toward millions,
And the beneficient face of a nation
Shining with justice and truth.
Edgar Lee Masters
How proud of father's rise in the world!
Edgar Lee Masters
Do you think that odes and sermons,
And the ringing of church bells,
And the blood of old men and young men,
Martyred for the truth they saw
With eyes made bright by faith in God,
Accomplished the world's great reformations?
Edgar Lee Masters
And we -- we, the memories, stand here for ourselves alone,
For no eye marks us, or would know why we are here.
Edgar Lee Masters
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