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

Portre of Masters, Edgar Lee
Portre of Gergely Ágnes

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Spoon River Anthology - Elmer Karr (English)

 

  What but the love of God could have softened

  And made forgiving the people of Spoon River

  Toward me who wronged the bed of Thomas Merritt

  And murdered him beside?

  Oh, loving hearts that took me in again

  When I returned from fourteen years in prison!

  Oh, helping hands that in the church received me

  And heard with tears my penitent confession,

  Who took the sacrament of bread and wine!

  Repent, ye living ones, and rest with Jesus.



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A Spoon River-i holtak - Elmer Karr (Hungarian)

Ugyan mi lágyította meg a Spoon River-i

polgárok szívét, ha nem az istenfélelem? Mitől voltak

olyan elnézőek hozzám,

aki bemocskoltam Thomas Merritt ágyát,

aztán megöltem őt?

Ó, nyájas nép, mely visszafogadott,

hogy tizennégy év börtön után hazajöttem!

Ó, segedelmes kezűek a templom küszöbén,

kik hallgattátok bűnvallásom könnyesen,

mikor az Úr testét magamhoz vevém!

Térjetek meg Jézusban, minden élők.



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