Frank Drummer (by Edgar Lee Masters)

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Frank Drummer
by Edgar Lee Masters
from Spoon River Anthology [1915]

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 high and urgent purpose in my soul
Which drove me on trying to memorize
The Encyclopedia Britannica!



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Posted by Jesus Crisis at 11/21/2009 5:15 AM
Categories: Masters (Edgar Lee),Poetry,1900s,American
Tags: Spoon River Anthology 1915 Edgar Lee Masters American Poetry American Literature
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