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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALONZO CHURCHILL, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: They laughed at me as 'prof. Moon'
Last Line: Of what the drama means.
Subject(s): Stars
First Line: They laughed at me as 'prof. Moon'
Last Line: Of what the drama means.
Subject(s): Stars
THEY laughed at me as "Prof. Moon,"
As a boy in Spoon River, born with the thirst
Of knowing about the stars.
They jeered when I spoke of the lunar mountains,
And the thrilling heat and cold,
And the ebon valleys by silver peaks,
And Spica quadrillions of miles away,
And the littleness of man.
But now that my grave is honored, friends,
Let it not be because I taught
The lore of the stars in Knox College,
But rather for this: that through the stars
I preached the greatness of man,
Who is none the less a part of the scheme of things
For the distance of Spica or the Spiral Nebulae;
Nor any the less a part of the question
Of what the drama means.
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