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In my Spanish cloak,
And old slouch hat,
And overshoes of felt,
And Tyke, my faithful dog,
And my knotted hickory cane,
I slipped about with a bull's-eye lantern
From door to door on the square


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Edgar Lee Masters

Edgar Lee Masters
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Born: August 23, 1868
Died: March 5, 1950 (aged 81)
Bio: Edgar Lee Masters was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist.
Known for:
  1. Spoon River Anthology (1915)
  2. Across Spoon River (1936)
  3. The Sangamon (1942)
  4. Songs And Satires (1916)
  5. Toward The Gulf (1918)
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