And when you are poor and have to carry The Christian creed… - Edgar Lee Masters

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And when you are poor and have to carry
The Christian creed and wife and children
All on your back, it is too much!
That's why I made the Elixir of Youth,
Which landed me in the jail at Peoria
Branded a swindler and a crook
By the upright Federal Judge!

Edgar Lee Masters

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Edgar Lee Masters (23 August 1868 – 5 March 1950) was an American poet, biographer and dramatist. He is most famous for the Spoon River Anthology.

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I sat under my cedar tree.
My mate, the mother of them, was taken-
I sat under my cedar tree,
Till ninety years were tolled.
O maternal Earth, which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep!

Che cosa vedi adesso? [...]
Luce, solo luce, che trasforma tutto il mondo in giocattolo.
Molto bene, faremo gli occhiali così.

the much-sought prize of eternal youth
Is just arrested growth.

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