They have chiseled on my stone the words:
'His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him
That nature might stand up and say to all the world,
This was a man.
(Cassius Hueffer)
More Quotes from Edgar Lee Masters:
The inner kernel is freedom,It is light, purity --
I can no more,
Find the goal or lose it, according to your vision.
Edgar Lee Masters
Break them and dispel the witchcraft
Of thinking your tub is life!
Edgar Lee Masters
And the silence of Jeanne d'Arc
Saying amid the flames, "Blessed Jesus" --
Revealing in two words all sorrows, all hope.
Edgar Lee Masters
In the strife of Freedom slain!
Edgar Lee Masters
All were gone, or broken-winged or devoured by life --
I sat under my cedar tree.
Edgar Lee Masters
And I say to all, beware of ideals,
Beware of giving your love away
To any man alive.
Edgar Lee Masters
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