Edgar Lee Masters Quotes - Page 2

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• A giant as we hoped, in truth, a dwarf; A barrel of slop that shines on Lethe's wharf', Which at first seemed a vessel with sweet wine For thirsty lips. So down the swift decline You went through sloven spirit, craven heart And cynic indolence. And here the art Of molding clay has caught you for the nonce And made your shame our shame ~ Your head in bronze!

  Edgar Lee Masters

  Sweet, Art, Wine

  Edgar Lee Masters, “On A Bust”

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• O maternal earth which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep!

  Edgar Lee Masters

  Nature, Sleep, Rocks

  Edgar Lee Masters (2012). “Spoon River Anthology”, p.98, Courier Corporation

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• The earth keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, why fiddle you must, for all your life.

  Edgar Lee Masters

  Heart, People, Earth

  Edgar Lee Masters (2012). “Spoon River Anthology”, p.62, The Floating Press

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• This is a man with an old face, always old... There was pathos, in his face, and in his eyes. The early weariness; and sometimes tears in his eyes, Which he let slip unconsciously on his cheek, Or brushed away with an unconcerned hand. There were tears for human suffering, or for a glance Into the vast futility of life, Which he had seen from the first, being old When he was born.

  Edgar Lee Masters

  Eye, Men, Futility Of Life

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• The spiritual kinship between Lincoln and Whitman was founded upon their Americanism, their essential Westernism. Whitman had grown up without much formal education; Lincoln had scarcely any education. One had become the notable poet of the day; one the orator of the Gettsyburg Address. It was inevitable that Whitman as a poet should turn with a feeling of kinship to Lincoln, and even without any association or contact feel that Lincoln was his.

  Edgar Lee Masters

  Spiritual, Feelings, Essentials

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• Many books have been written to show that Christianity has emasculated the world, that it shoved aside the enlightenment and wisdom of Hellas for a doctrine of superstition and ignorance.

  Edgar Lee Masters

  Book, Ignorance, Atheism

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• . . . the weal of the race, and the cause of humanity, here and now, are enough To give life meaning and death as well.

  Edgar Lee Masters

  Race, Giving, Humanity

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• 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 something harmonious, even against the schemes of God.

  Edgar Lee Masters

  Kindness, Heart, Sadness

  Edgar Lee Masters, “Clarence Darrow”

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• The dust's for crawling, heaven's for flying, Wherefore, O Soul, whose wings are grown, Soar upward to the sun!

  Edgar Lee Masters

  Dust, Wings, Heaven

  Edgar Lee Masters (2007). “Spoon River Anthology: Literary Touchstone Classic”, p.173, Prestwick House Inc

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• Such phantom blossoms palely shining
  Over the lifeless boughs of Time.

  Edgar Lee Masters

  Time, Shining, Phantoms

  Edgar Lee Masters (2012). “Spoon River Anthology”, p.122, Courier Corporation

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• He stripped off the armor of institutional friendships To dedictate his soul To the terrible deities of Truth and Beauty.

  Edgar Lee Masters

  Soul, Atheism, Armor

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