“Whenever the Presbyterian bell Was rung by itself, I knew it as the Presbyterian bell. But when its sound was mingled With the sound of the Methodist, the Christian, The Baptist and the Congregational, I could no longer distinguish it. Nor any one from the others, or either of them.” ReligionPeaceChristianity Book:Spoon River Anthology Source: Spoon River Anthology
“I sat under my cedar tree. My mate, the mother of them, was taken- I sat under my cedar tree, Till ninety years were tolled. O maternal Earth, which rocks the fallen leaf to sleep!” LoveDeathPeaceLife Passing By Book:Spoon River Anthology Source: Spoon River Anthology
