Edgar Lee Masters America Poems

(Europe Conquers America.)

Strong for the strong and in his own conceit;
Half-boy, half-madman, playing with the fire;
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Glorious daughter of time! Thou of the mild blue eye --
Thou of the virginal forehead --pallid, unfurrowed of tears--
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(America Conquers Europe.)

Foul shapes that hate the day, again grown bold,
Late driven hence, infested fane and court.
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