It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness, Yet all the while I hungered for meaning in my life.Īnd now I know that we must lift the sail Spoon River Anthology Study Guide Edgar Lee Masters Study Guide Documents Q&As Discussions Download a PDF to print or study offline. Sorrow knocked at my door, but I was afraid Īmbition called to me, but I dreaded the chances. 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. Dare un senso alla vita pu condurre a follia,ma una vita senza senso torturadell'inquietudine e del vano desidero una barca che anela. 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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