Then I put him in a cage
Where he lived many days cawing angrily at me
When I offered him food.
(The Unknown)
More Quotes from Edgar Lee Masters:
What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness,Anger, discontent and drooping hopes?
Edgar Lee Masters
I belonged to the church,
And to the party of prohibition;
And the villagers thought I died of eating watermelon.
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
Well, Emily Sparks, your prayers were not wasted,
Your love was not all in vain.
Edgar Lee Masters
Your husband is dead, your sister lives far away,
Your father is bent with age;
He has forgotten you, he scarcely leaves the house
Any more.
Edgar Lee Masters
I ended up with forty acres;
I ended up with a broken fiddle-
And a broken laugh, and a thousand memories.
Edgar Lee Masters
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