<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=125079" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Washington McNeely</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rich, honored by my fellow citizens, <br>The father of many children, born of a noble mother, <br>All raised there <br>In the great mansion-house, at the edge of town. <br>Note the cedar tree on the lawn! <br>I sent all the boys to Ann Arbor, all the girls to Rockford, <br>The while my life went on, getting more riches and honors— <br>Resting under my cedar tree at evening. <br>The years went on. <br>I sent the girls to Europe; <br>I dowered them when married. <br>I gave the boys money to start in business. <br>They were strong children, promising as apples <br>Before the bitten places show. <br>But John fled the country in disgrace. <br>Jenny died in child-birth— <br>I sat under my cedar tree. <br>Harry killed himself after a debauch, <br>Susan was divorced— <br>I sat under my cedar tree. <br>Paul was invalided from over study, <br>Mary became a recluse at home for love of a man— <br>I sat under my cedar tree. <br>All were gone, or broken-winged or devoured by life— <br>I sat under my cedar tree. <br>My mate, the mother of them, was taken— <br>I sat under my cedar tree, <br>Till ninety years were tolled. <br>O maternal Earth, which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edgar+Lee+Masters">Edgar Lee Masters</a> from <i>Spoon River Anthology</i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=125079" data-title="Washington McNeely de Edgar Lee Masters" data-description="Rich, honored by my fellow citizens, /The father of many children, born of a noble mother, /All raised there /In the great mansion-house, at the edge of town. /Note the cedar tree on the lawn! /I sent all the boys to Ann Arbor, all the girls ..."></div> </div> </div>

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