Spoon River Anthology

Edgar Lee Masters – Herbert Marshall

William Blake, The bathers, 1785 All your sorrow, Louise, and hatred of mesprang from your delusion that it was wantonnessof spirit and contempt of your soul’s rightswhich made me turn to Annabelle and forsake you.You really grew to hate me for love of me,because I was your soul’s happiness,formed and temperedto solve your life for …

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Edgar Lee Masters – Sarah Brown

Solomon Joseph Solomon, The Judgement of Paris, 1891 Maurice, weep not, I am not here under this pine tree. The balmy air of spring whispers through the sweet grass, The stars sparkle, the whippoorwill calls, But thou grievest, while my soul lies rapturous In the blest Nirvana of eternal light! Go to the good heart that is my husband, Who broods …

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