Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JEDUTHAN HAWLEY, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: JEDUTHAN HAWLEY, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: There would be a knock at the door
Last Line: Stepped off with daisy fraser.


THERE would be a knock at the door
And I would arise at midnight and go to the shop,
Where belated travelers would hear me hammering
Sepulchral boards and tacking satin.
And often I wondered who would go with me
To the distant land, our names the theme
For talk, in the same week, for I've observed
Two always go together.
Chase Henry was paired with Edith Conant;
And Jonathan Somers with Willie Metcalf;
And Editor Hamblin with Francis Turner,
When he prayed to live longer than Editor Whedon;
And Thomas Rhodes with widow McFarlane;
And Emily Sparks with Barry Holden;
And Oscar Hummel with Davis Matlock;
And Editor Whedon with Fiddler Jones;
And Faith Matheny with Dorcas Gustine.
And I, the solemnest man in town,
Stepped off with Daisy Fraser.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net