English Poetry. Edgar Lee Masters. Ace Shaw. Эдгар Ли Мастерс.

Edgar Lee Masters (Эдгар Ли Мастерс)

Ace Shaw

I never saw any difference
Between playing cards for money
And selling real estate,
Practicing law, banking, or anything else.
For everything is chance.
Nevertheless
Seest thou a man diligent in business?
He shall stand before Kings!

Edgar Lee Masters’s other poems:

1. Clarence Darrow
2. Ernest Hyde
3. Mrs. Kessler
4. Dippold the Optician
5. Elmer Karr

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