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Слушать(AI)Constance Hately
You praise my self-sacrifice,
Spoon River,
In rearing Irene and Mary,
Orphans of my older sister!
And you censure Irene and Mary For their contempt of me!
But praise not my self-sacrifice,
And censure not their contempt;
I reared them,
I cared for them, true enough!— But I poisoned my benefactions With constant reminders of their dependence.
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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