English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. The Town Marshal. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) The Town Marshal The Prohibitionists made me Town Marshal When the saloons were voted out, Because when I was a drinking man, Before I joined the church, I killed a Swede At the saw-mill near Maple Grove. And they wanted a […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Batterson Dobyns. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Batterson Dobyns Did my widow flit about From Mackinac to Los Angeles, Resting and bathing and sitting an hour Or more at the table over soup and meats And delicate sweets and coffee? I was cut down in my prime From overwork […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Hiram Scates. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Hiram Scates I tried to win the nomination For president of the County-board And I made speeches all over the County Denouncing Solomon Purple, my rival, As an enemy of the people, In league with the master-foes of man. Young idealists, […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. John M. Church. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) John M. Church I was attorney for the ”Q” And the Indemnity Company which insured The owners of the mine. I pulled the wires with judge and jury, And the upper courts, to beat the claims Of the crippled, the widow […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Edmund Pollard. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Edmund Pollard I would I had thrust my hands of flesh Into the disk-flowers bee-infested, Into the mirror-like core of fire Of the light of life, the sun of delight. For what are anthers worth or petals Or halo-rays? Mockeries, shadows […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Russell Kincaid. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Russell Kincaid In the last spring I ever knew, In those last days, I sat in the forsaken orchard Where beyond fields of greenery shimmered The hills at Miller’s Ford; Just to muse on the apple tree With its ruined trunk […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Gustav Richter. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Gustav Richter After a long day of work in my hot-houses Sleep was sweet, but if you sleep on your left side Your dreams may be abruptly ended. I was among my flowers where some one Seemed to be raising them […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Mrs. Meyers. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Mrs. Meyers He protested all his life long The newspapers lied about him villainously; That he was not at fault for Minerva’s fall, But only tried to help her. Poor soul so sunk in sin he could not see That even […]
English Poetry. Robert Southey. The Complaints of the Poor. Роберт Саути. Жалобы бедняков
Robert Southey (Роберт Саути) The Complaints of the Poor And wherefore do the Poor complain? The rich man asked of me,– Come walk abroad with me, I said And I will answer thee. Twas evening and the frozen streets Were cheerless to behold, And we were wrapt […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. W. Lloyd Garrison Standard. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) W. Lloyd Garrison Standard Vegetarian, non-resistant, free-thinker, in ethics a Christian; Orator apt at the rhine-stone rhythm of Ingersoll. Carnivorous, avenger, believer and pagan. Continent, promiscuous, changeable, treacherous, vain, Proud, with the pride that makes struggle a thing for laughter; With […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Clarence Fawcett. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Clarence Fawcett The sudden death of Eugene Carman Put me in line to be promoted to fifty dollars a month, And I told my wife and children that night. But it didn’t come, and so I thought Old Rhodes suspected me […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Josiah Tompkins. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Josiah Tompkins I was well known and much beloved And rich, as fortunes are reckoned In Spoon River, where I had lived and worked. That was the home for me, Though all my children had flown afar— Which is the way […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Ezra Bartlett. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Ezra Bartlett A chaplain in the army, A chaplain in the prisons, An exhorter in Spoon River, Drunk with divinity, Spoon River – Yet bringing poor Eliza Johnson to shame, And myself to scorn and wretchedness. But why will you never […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Jim Brown. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Jim Brown While I was handling Dom Pedro I got at the thing that divides the race between men who are For singing ”Turkey in the straw” or ”There is a fountain filled with blood” – (Like Rile Potter used to […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Nicholas Bindle. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Nicholas Bindle Were you not ashamed, fellow citizens, When my estate was probated and everyone knew How small a fortune I left?– You who hounded me in life, To give, give, give to the churches, to the poor, To the village!–me […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. J. Milton Miles. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) J. Milton Miles Whenever the Presbyterian bell Was rung by itself, I knew it as the Presbyterian bell. But when its sound was mingled With the sound of the Methodist, the Christian, The Baptist and the Congregational, I could no longer […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Godwin James. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Godwin James Harry Wilmans! You who fell in a swamp Near Manila, following the flag, You were not wounded by the greatness of a dream, Or destroyed by ineffectual work, Or driven to madness by Satanic snags; You were not torn […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Hon. Henry Bennett. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Hon. Henry Bennett It never came into my mind Until I was ready to die That Jenny had loved me to death, with malice of heart. For I was seventy, she was thirty-five, And I wore myself to a shadow trying […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Thomas Ross, Jr.. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Thomas Ross, Jr. This I saw with my own eyes: A cliff-swallow Made her nest in a hole of the high clay-bank There near Miller’s Ford. But no sooner were the young hatched Than a snake crawled up to the nest […]
English Poetry. Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Autumn Song. Данте Габриэль Россетти. При паденьи листов
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Данте Габриэль Россетти) Autumn Song Know’st thou not at the fall of the leaf How the heart feels a languid grief Laid on it for a covering, And how sleep seems a goodly thing In Autumn at the fall of the leaf? And how […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Homer Clapp. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Homer Clapp Often Aner Clute at the gate Refused me the parting kiss, Saying we should be engaged before that; And just with a distant clasp of the hand She bade me good-night, as I brought her home From the skating […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. John Wasson. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) John Wasson Oh! the dew-wet grass of the meadow in North Carolina Through which Rebecca followed me wailing, wailing, One child in her arms, and three that ran along wailing, Lengthening out the farewell to me off to the war with […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Paul McNeely. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Paul McNeely Dear Jane! dear winsome Jane! How you stole in the room (where I lay so ill) In your nurse’s cap and linen cuffs, And took my hand and said with a smile: ”You are not so ill — you’ll […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Frank Drummer. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Frank Drummer Out of a cell into this darkened space – The end at twenty-five! My tongue could not speak what stirred within me, And the village thought me a fool. Yet at the start there was a clear vision, A […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Charles Webster. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Charles Webster The pine woods on the hill, And the farmhouse miles away, Showed clear as though behind a lens Under a sky of peacock blue! But a blanket of cloud by afternoon Muffled the earth. And you walked the road […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Imanuel Ehrenhardt. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Imanuel Ehrenhardt I began with Sir William Hamilton’s lectures. Then studied Dugald Stewart; And then John Locke on the Understanding, And then Descartes, Fichte and Schelling, Kant and then Schopenhauer – Books I borrowed from old Judge Somers. All read with […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Elijah Browning. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Elijah Browning I was among multitudes of children Dancing at the foot of a mountain. A breeze blew out of the east and swept them as leaves, Driving some up the slopes…. All was changed. Here were flying lights, and mystic […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Arlo Will. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Arlo Will Did you ever see an alligator Come up to the air from the mud, Staring blindly under the full glare of noon? Have you seen the stabled horses at night Tremble and start back at the sight of a […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Lois Spears. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Lois Spears Here lies the body of Lois Spears, Born Lois Fluke, daughter of Willard Fluke, Wife of Cyrus Spears, Mother of Myrtle and Virgil Spears, Children with clear eyes and sound limbs – (I was born blind) I was the […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. William Goode. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) William Goode To all in the village I seemed, no doubt, To go this way and that way, aimlessly. But here by the river you can see at twilight The soft-winged bats fly zig-zag here and there – They must fly […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Adam Weirauch. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Adam Weirauch I was crushed between Altgeld and Armour. I lost many friends, much time and money Fighting for Altgeld whom Editor Whedon Denounced as the candidate of gamblers and anarchists. Then Armour started to ship dressed meat to Spoon River, […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Mabel Osborne. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Mabel Osborne Your red blossoms amid green leaves Are drooping, beautiful geranium! But you do not ask for water. You cannot speak! You do not need to speak – Everyone knows that you are dying of thirst, Yet they do not […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Herman Altman. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Herman Altman Did I follow Truth wherever she led, And stand against the whole world for a cause, And uphold the weak against the strong? If I did I would be remembered among men As I was known in life among […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Amos Sibley. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Amos Sibley Not character, not fortitude, not patience Were mine, the which the village thought I had In bearing with my wife, while preaching on, Doing the work God chose for me. I loathed her as a termagant, as a wanton. […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Hildrup Tubbs. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Hildrup Tubbs I made two fights for the people. First I left my party, bearing the gonfalon Of independence, for reform, and was defeated. Next I used my rebel strength To capture the standard of my old party – And I […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Caroline Branson. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Caroline Branson With our hearts like drifting suns, had we but walked, As often before, the April fields till star-light Silkened over with viewless gauze the darkness Under the cliff, our trysting place in the wood, Where the brook turns! Had […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Alfred Moir. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Alfred Moir Why was I not devoured by self-contempt, And rotted down by indifference And impotent revolt like Indignation Jones? Why, with all of my errant steps Did I miss the fate of Willard Fluke? And why, though I stood at […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Alfonso Churchill. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Alfonso Churchill They laughed at me as ”Prof. Moon,” As a boy in Spoon River, born with the thirst Of knowing about the stars. They jeered when I spoke of the lunar mountains, And the thrilling heat and cold, And the […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Isaiah Beethoven. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Isaiah Beethoven They told me I had three months to live, So I crept to Bernadotte, And sat by the mill for hours and hours Where the gathered waters deeply moving Seemed not to move: O world, that’s you! You are […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Washington McNeely. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Washington McNeely Rich, honored by my fellow citizens, The father of many children, born of a noble mother, All raised there In the great mansion-house, at the edge of town. Note the cedar tree on the lawn! I sent all the […]