![]() When swords were bright and steeds were prancing This one is timeless-how many of this guy do we see on the Internet every single day? How odd that Edward Arlington Robinson is better remembered today for his connection with Clarence Darrow. Spoon River Anthology is such an amazing work of art. posted by hippybear at 9:35 AM on February 19, 2012 Of the horse-races of long ago at Clary's Grove, Lo! he babbles of the fish-frys of long ago, Who played with life all his ninety years,ĭrinking, rioting, thinking neither of wife nor kin, They brought them dead sons from the war, Was brought to her little space by Ella and Kate and Mag-Īnd old Towny Kincaid and Sevigne Houghton,Īnd Major Walker who had talked With venerable men of the revolution?. One after life in far-away London and Paris One of a broken pride, in the search for heart's desire One at the hands of a brute in a brothel, ![]() The tender heart, the simple soul, the loud, the proud, the happy one?. ![]() Where are Ella, Kate, Mag, Lizzie and Edith, One fell from a bridge toiling for children and wife-Īll, all are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping on the hill. The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, the fighter? Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom and Charley, Poem 1 "The Hill", the introduction to the Anthology: ![]()
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