英文诗词：Minerva Jones

by Edgar Lee Masters

I am Minerva， the village poetess，

Hooted at， jeered at by the Yahoos of the street

For my heavy body， cock-eye， and rolling walk，

And all the more when "Butch" Weldy

Captured me after a brutal hunt.

He left me to my fate with Doctor Meyers；

And I sank into death， growing numb from the feet up，

Like one stepping deeper and deeper into a stream of ice.

Will some one go to the village newspaper，

And gather into a book the verses I wrote？

I thirsted so for love！

I hungered so for life！

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