Poetic Openings : Edgar Lee Masters to Edgar Lee Masters

Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Mrs. Charles Bliss : First Line : Reverend Wiley advised me not to divorce him
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Mrs. George Reece : First Line : To this generation I would say:
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Mrs. Kessler : First Line : Mr. Kessler, you know, was in the army,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Mrs. Merritt : First Line : Silent before the jury,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Mrs. Meyers : First Line : He protested all his life long

Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Mrs. Purkapile : First Line : He ran away and was gone for a year.
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Mrs. Sibley : First Line : The secret of the stars,—gravitation.
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Mrs. Williams : First Line : I was the milliner
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Nancy Knapp : First Line : Well, don’t you see this was the way of it:
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Nellie Clark : First Line : I was only eight years old;