Poetic Openings : Edgar Lee Masters to Edgar Lee Masters

Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Silas Dement : First Line : It was moon-light, and the earth sparkled
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Silence : First Line : I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : State's Attorney Fallas : First Line : I, The scourge-wielder, balance-wrecker,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : Tennessee Claflin Shope : First Line : I was the laughing-stock of the village,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : The Circuit Judge : First Line : Take note, passers-by, of the sharp erosions

Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : The Hill : First Line : Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom and Charley,
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : The Spooniad : First Line : [The late Mr. Jonathan Swift Somers, laureate of Spoon
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : The Town Marshal : First Line : The Prohibitionists made me Town Marshal
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : The Unknown : First Line : Ye aspiring ones, listen to the story of the unknown
Poet : Edgar Lee Masters : Poem : The Village Atheist : First Line : Ye young debaters over the doctrine