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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TAKE YOUR CHOICE: AS EDGAR LEE MASTERS WOULD HANDLE IT. HILDA HYDE, by BERTON BRALEY Poet's Biography First Line: The town thought me a model woman Last Line: What a horrid thing I was when I got started. Subject(s): Insanity; Masters, Edgar Lee (1869-1950); Murder; Orphans; Madness; Mental Illness; Foundlings | |||
The town thought me a model woman With my girlish hair tumbling down my brow. I kept my secret well And even to-day Nobody realizes the truth That at various times in fits of temper I burned the orphan asylum, Murdered my father because I didn't like The smell of his pipe, And forged his will in my favor; People didn't understand What a horrid thing I was when I got started. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE by AMELIA OPIE THE MITHERLESS BAIRN by WILLIAM THOM LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 8. THE EVICTION by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM LOOKING FORWARD by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA MISADVENTURES AT MARGATE; A LEGEND OF JARVIS'S JETTY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM THE LAMENT OF LAMB'S CONDUIT by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB AN EPICED ON MR. FISHBOURNE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) ORPHAN BORN by ROBERT JONES BURDETTE |
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