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Masters, Edgar Lee: A Spoon River-i holtak - Jonas Keene (Spoon River Anthology - Jonas Keene in Hungarian)

Portre of Masters, Edgar Lee
Portre of Gergely Ágnes

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Spoon River Anthology - Jonas Keene (English)

  Why did Albert Schirding kill himself

  Trying to be County Superintendent of Schools,

  Blest as he was with the means of life

  And wonderful children, bringing him honor

  Ere he was sixty?

  If even one of my boys could have run a news-stand,

  Or one of my girls could have married a decent man,

  I should not have walked in the rain

  And jumped into bed with clothes all wet,

  Refusing medical aid.



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A Spoon River-i holtak - Jonas Keene (Hungarian)

Mért ölte meg Albert Schirding magát,

mikor megyei tanfelügyelő akart lenni,

ha egyszer úgyis megvolt mindene,

a csudagyerekei meg csak jeleskedtek a nevével,

még be se töltötte a hatvanat?!

Ha nekem csak egy fiam szerez egy újságosbódét,

ha csak egy lányom kerít egy rendes férjet,

én se mászkálok kinn az esőben,

nem dőlök ágynak csuromvizesen,

nem dobom ki az orvost.



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