He published several other volumes of poems. George Gray Item Preview podcastspoon-river-anthology-by-mastegeorge-gray1000170073199itemimage.png. It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. Though he never matched the success of his Spoon River Anthology, Masters was a prolific writer of diverse works. To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness, For love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid Ambition called to me, but I dreaded the chances.
In truth it pictures not my destination But my life. Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.Īnd now I know that we must lift the sail George Gray I have studied many times The marble which was chiseled for me A boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor. The author of 40 books of poetry and prose, Masters is best remembered for his great collection Spoon River Anthology (1915), a sequence of.
Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid Īmbition called to me, but I dreaded the chances. The poem was read in the show 'Once and Again.' It is a fine rendition and reading of this work. Edgar Lee Masters was born in Garnett, Kansas, and he grew up in the small towns of Lewistown and Petersburg, Illinois. He whispers to us to not make the same mistake, to live life to its very fullest so that at its end, you may have no regrets as to the things you wish you had done and the man you wished you had become.Ī boat with a furled sail at rest in a harbor.įor love was offered me and I shrank from its disillusionment In avoiding risk, pain, and adventure, he also missed out on all the things that make life sweet and give it meaning. George Gray lived a small life of safety and comfort. The marble sailboat seems a most befitting symbol for his life-a tool of potential motion and adventure, encased in stone. The poem “George Gray” by Edgar Lee Masters is voiced by dead man who is pondering the ironic design of his gravestone.
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