You may think, passer-by, that Fate
Is a pit-fall outside of yourself,
Around which you may walk by the use of foresight
And wisdom.
(Lyman King)
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But not content,Wishing to own two thousand acres,
I bustled through the years with axe and plow,
Toiling, denying myself, my wife, my sons, my daughters.
Edgar Lee Masters
You believed in the joy of life.
Edgar Lee Masters
Their spirits beat upon mine
Like the wings of a thousand butterflies.
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
If you had been
My happiness would I not have clung to you?
Edgar Lee Masters
And I chiseled for them whatever they wished,
All in ignorance of its truth.
Edgar Lee Masters
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