<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=373878" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mrs. Purkapile</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He ran away and was gone for a year.<br>When he came home he told me the silly story<br>Of being kidnapped by pirates on Lake Michigan<br>And kept in chains so he could not write me.<br>I pretended to believe it, though I knew very well<br>What he was doing, and that he met<br>The milliner, Mrs. Williams, now and then<br>When she went to the city to buy goods, as she said.<br>But a promise is a promise<br>And marriage is marriage,<br>And out of respect for my own character<br>I refused to be drawn into a divorce<br>By the scheme of a husband who had merely grown tired<br>Of his marital vow and duty.</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><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=373878" data-title="Mrs. Purkapile de Edgar Lee Masters" data-description="He ran away and was gone for a year. When he came home he told me the silly story Of being kidnapped by pirates on Lake Michigan And kept in chains so he could not write me. I pretended to believe it, though I knew very well What he was doing, and..."></div> </div> </div>

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