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Russian Sonia

I, born in

Of a mother who was

And German father, a most learned professor,

Orphaned at fourteen years,

Became a dancer, known as Russian Sonia,

All up and down the boulevards of Paris,

Mistress betimes of sundry dukes and counts,

And later of poor artists and of poets.

At forty years, passée,

I sought New

And met old Patrick Hummer on the boat,

Red-faced and hale, though turned his sixtieth year,

Returning after having sold a

Of cattle in the German city,

Hamburg.

He brought me to Spoon River and we lived

For twenty years — they thought that we were married!

This oak tree near me is the favorite

Of blue jays chattering, chattering all the day.

And why not? for my very dust is

For thinking of the humorous thing called life.

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Edgar Lee Masters

(August 23, 1868 – March 5, 1950) was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New …

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