Edgar Lee Masters: 20 books

This 1919 collection of more than 40 poems includes “Creation,” “Tyrannosaurus: or Burning Letters,” “Lord Byron to Doctor Polidori,” “A Woman of Forty,” “William Shakespeare,” “By the Waters of Babylon,” “The Christian Statesman,” “Winged Victory,” “Oh You Sabbatarians!”, “Pallas Athene,” “Chicago,” and “Inexorable Deities.”

Brutus Brutus and Antony At the Mermaid Tavern Charlotte Corday A Man Child is Born Richard Booth to His Son, Junius Booth A Man Child is Born Squire Bowling Green Lincoln Speaking in Congress John Wilkes Booth at the Farm Junius Brutus Booth A Certain Poet on the Debates The Decision Lincoln Makes...

This 1918 verse collection includes the author’s epitaph, “To-morrow is my Birthday,” as well as “Cities of the Plain,” “Excluded Middle,” “Samuel Butler, et al,” “Johnny Appleseed,” “Victor Rafolski on Art,” “Delilah,” “Bertrand and Gourgaud Talk over Old Times,” “Draw the Sword, O Republic,” “Neanderthal,” and many others.

Here the old Fort stood When the river bent southward. Now because the world pours itself into Chicago The Lake runs into the river Past docks and switch-yards, And under bridges of iron. Sand dunes stretched along the lake for miles. There was a great forest in the Loop. Now Michigan Avenue lies Between miles of lights, And the Rialto blazes Where the wolf howled.