The pyramid of my life was nought but a dune,
Barren and formless, spoiled at last by the storm.
(W. Lloyd Garrison Standard)
More Quotes from Edgar Lee Masters:
Thus you believe, viewing the lives of other men,As one who in God-like fashion bends over an anthill,
Seeing how their difficulties could be avoided.
Edgar Lee Masters
Oh, boy, boy, for whom I prayed and prayed
In many a watchful hour at night,
Do you remember the letter I wrote you
Of the beautiful love of Christ?
Edgar Lee Masters
And when Adam outwitted God by eating the apple
And saw through the lie,
God drove him out of Eden to keep him from taking
The fruit of immortal life.
Edgar Lee Masters
How proud of father's rise in the world!
Edgar Lee Masters
I, the teacher, the old maid, the virgin heart,
Who made them all my children.
Edgar Lee Masters
True, I trailed back home, a broken failure,
When Ralph disappeared in New York,
Leaving me alone in the city --
But life broke him also.
Edgar Lee Masters
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