English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Thomas Rhodes. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Thomas Rhodes Very well, you liberals, And navigators into realms intellectual, You sailors through heights imaginative, Blown about by erratic currents, tumbling into air pockets, You Margaret Fuller Slacks, Petits, And Tennessee Claflin Shopes – You found with all your boasted […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Franklin Jones. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Franklin Jones If I could have lived another year I could have finished my flying machine, And become rich and famous. Hence it is fitting the workman Who tried to chisel a dove for me Made it look more like a […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Elliott Hawkins. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Elliott Hawkins I looked like Abraham Lincoln. I was one of you, Spoon River, in all fellowship, But standing for the rights of property and for order. A regular church attendant, Sometimes appearing in your town meetings to warn you Against […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Mrs. George Reece. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Mrs. George Reece To this generation I would say: Memorize some bit of verse of truth or beauty. It may serve a turn in your life. My husband had nothing to do With the fall of the bank — he was […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Minerva Jones. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Minerva Jones I am Minerva, the village poetess, Hooted at, jeered at by the Yahoos of the street For my heavy body, cock-eye, and rolling walk, And all the more when ”Butch” Weldy Captured me after a brutal hunt. He left […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Justice Arnett. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Justice Arnett It is true, fellow citizens, That my old docket lying there for years On a shelf above my head and over The seat of justice, I say it is true That docket had an iron rim Which gashed my […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Albert Schirding. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Albert Schirding Jonas Keene thought his lot a hard one Because his children were all failures. But I know of a fate more trying than that: It is to be a failure while your children are successes. For I raised a […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Mrs. Merritt. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Mrs. Merritt Silent before the jury, Returning no word to the judge when he asked me If I had aught to say against the sentence, Only shaking my head. What could I say to people who thought That a woman of […]
English Poetry. Anne Brontë. Power of Love. Энн Бронте.
Anne Brontë (Энн Бронте) Power of Love Love, indeed thy strength is mighty Thus, alone, such strife to bear – Three ‘gainst one, and never ceasing – Death, and Madness, and Despair! ‘Tis not my own strength has saved me; Health, and hope, and fortitude, But for love, […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Abel Melveny. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Abel Melveny I bought every kind of machine that’s known – Grinders, shellers, planters, mowers, Mills and rakes and ploughs and threshers – And all of them stood in the rain and sun, Getting rusted, warped and battered, For I had […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Plymouth Rock Joe. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Plymouth Rock Joe Why are you running so fast hither and thither Chasing midges or butterflies? Some of you are standing solemnly scratching for grubs; Some of you are waiting for corn to be scattered. This is life, is it? Cock-a-doodle-do! […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Cooney Potter. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Cooney Potter I inherited forty acres from my Father And, by working my wife, my two sons and two daughters From dawn to dusk, I acquired A thousand acres. But not content, Wishing to own two thousand acres, I bustled through […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Sersmith the Dentist. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Sersmith the Dentist Do you think that odes and sermons, And the ringing of church bells, And the blood of old men and young men, Martyred for the truth they saw With eyes made bright by faith in God, Accomplished the […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Edith Conant. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Edith Conant We stand about this place — we, the memories; And shade our eyes because we dread to read: ”June 17th, 1884, aged 21 years and 3 days.” And all things are changed. And we — we, the memories, stand […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Seth Compton. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Seth Compton When I died, the circulating library Which I built up for Spoon River, And managed for the good of inquiring minds, Was sold at auction on the public square, As if to destroy the last vestige Of my memory […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Elizabeth Childers. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Elizabeth Childers Dust of my dust, And dust with my dust, O, child who died as you entered the world, Dead with my death! Not knowing breath, though you tried so hard, With a heart that […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Louise Smith. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Louise Smith Herbert broke our engagement of eight years When Annabelle returned to the village From the Seminary, ah me! If I had let my love for him alone It might have grown into a beautiful sorrow – Who knows? — […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Ace Shaw. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Ace Shaw I never saw any difference Between playing cards for money And selling real estate, Practicing law, banking, or anything else. For everything is chance. Nevertheless Seest thou a man diligent in business? He shall stand before Kings! Edgar Lee […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Ernest Hyde. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Ernest Hyde My mind was a mirror: It saw what it saw, it knew what it knew. In youth my mind was just a mirror In a rapidly flying car, Which catches and loses bits of the […]
English Poetry. Anne Brontë. My Soul is Awakened. Энн Бронте.
Anne Brontë (Энн Бронте) * * * My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring, And carried aloft on the wings of the breeze; For, above, and around me, the wild wind is roaring Arousing to rapture the earth and the seas. The long withered grass in […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Faith Matheny. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Faith Matheny At first you will know not what they mean, And you may never know, And we may never tell you: – These sudden flashes in your soul, Like lambent lightning on snowy clouds At midnight when the moon is […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. The Village Atheist. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) The Village Atheist Ye young debaters over the doctrine Of the soul’s immortality I who lie here was the village atheist, Talkative, contentious, versed in the arguments Of the infidels. But through a long sickness Coughing myself to death I read […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Mrs. Charles Bliss. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Mrs. Charles Bliss Reverend Wiley advised me not to divorce him For the sake of the children, And Judge Somers advised him the same. So we stuck to the end of the path. But two of the children thought he was […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Clarence Darrow. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Clarence Darrow This is Darrow, Inadequately scrawled, with his young, old heart, And his drawl, and his infinite paradox And his sadness, and kindness, And his artist sense that drives him to shape his life To […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Margaret Fuller Slack. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Margaret Fuller Slack I would have been as great as George Eliot But for an untoward fate. For look at the photograph of me made by Penniwit, Chin resting on hand, and deep-set eyes – Gray, too, and far-searching. But there […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Mrs. Sibley. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Mrs. Sibley The secret of the stars, — gravitation. The secret of the earth, — layers of rock. The secret of the soil, — to receive seed. The secret of the seed, — the germ. The secret of man, — the […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Julian Scott. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Julian Scott Toward the last The truth of others was untruth to me; The justice of others injustice to me; Their reasons for death, reasons with me for life; Their reasons for life, reasons with me for death; I would have […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Cassius Hueffer. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Cassius Hueffer 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.’ Those who knew me smile […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Butch Weldy. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Butch Weldy After I got religion and steadied down They gave me a job in the canning works, And every morning I had to fill The tank in the yard with gasoline, That fed the blow-fires in the sheds To heat […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Lydia Humphrey. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Lydia Humphrey Back and forth, back and forth, to and from the church, With my Bible under my arm Till I was gray and old; Unwedded, alone in the world, Finding brothers and sisters in the congregation, And children in the […]
English Poetry. Anne Brontë. Home. Энн Бронте.
Anne Brontë (Энн Бронте) Home How brightly glistening in the sun The woodland ivy plays! While yonder beeches from their barks Reflect his silver rays. That sun surveys a lovely scene From softly smiling skies; And wildly through unnumbered trees The wind of winter sighs: Now loud, […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Percival Sharp. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Percival Sharp Observe the clasped hands! Are they hands of farewell or greeting, Hands that I helped or hands that helped me? Would it not be well to carve a hand With an inverted thumb, like Elagabalus? And yonder is a […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. John Ballard. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) John Ballard In the lust of my strength I cursed God, but he paid no attention to me: I might as well have cursed the stars. In my last sickness I was in agony, but I was resolute And I cursed […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Many Soldiers. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Many Soldiers The idea danced before us as a flag; The sound of martial music; The thrill of carrying a gun; Advancement in the world on coming home; A glint of glory, wrath for foes; A dream of duty to country […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Herbert Marshall. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Herbert Marshall All your sorrow, Louise, and hatred of me Sprang from your delusion that it was wantonness Of spirit and contempt of your soul’s rights Which made me turn to Annabelle and forsake you. You really grew to hate me […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Doc Hill. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Doc Hill I went up and down the streets Here and there by day and night, Through all hours of the night caring for the poor who were sick. Do you know why? My wife hated me, my son went to […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Benjamin Fraser. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Benjamin Fraser Their spirits beat upon mine Like the wings of a thousand butterflies. I closed my eyes and felt their spirits vibrating. I closed my eyes, yet I knew when their lashes Fringed their cheeks from downcast eyes, And when […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Wendell P. Bloyd. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Wendell P. Bloyd They first charged me with disorderly conduct, There being no statute on blasphemy. Later they locked me up as insane Where I was beaten to death by a Catholic guard. My offense was this: I said God lied […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Griffy the Cooper. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Griffy the Cooper The cooper should know about tubs. But I learned about life as well, And you who loiter around these graves Think you know life. You think your eye sweeps about a wide horizon, perhaps, […]
English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Jeremy Carlisle. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.
Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс) Jeremy Carlisle Passer-by, sin beyond any sin Is the sin of blindness of souls to other souls. And joy beyond any joy is the joy Of having the good in you seen, and seeing the good At the miraculous moment! Here […]