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Voices from the Past

By: Paul Alexander Bartlett

...mehow out of focus; yet it seems I hear the flute and lyre of the ceramic players. I dreamed I talked with Cyprus-born... No, that is a poor li... ...oving, almost before he moves, a shift of air, let’s say. “Watch me play jacks with Libus, old soldiers at their fun. I could cheat you...if you ga... ...oy. I remembered songs in the evening. I heard her laugh- ter as we played jacks. I smelled her barley bread... I smelled roasting lamb.... Father wa... ...luck? When you write a play, isn’t it luck, lucky weather, luck with your players, luck with your attendance, the right kind of royalty attending at... ...t my own defeat, a shrew SHAKESPEARE’S JOURNAL 381 beside a shrew, players nodding at my marital bewilderment, I, the drunkard drunk on illus... ...FROM THE PAST 530 Evening We were to enroll. Ann was to enroll at Jacksonville Academy. I was to enroll at Illinois College. That year I ca... ...FROM THE PAST 530 Evening We were to enroll. Ann was to enroll at Jacksonville Academy. I was to enroll at Illinois College. That year I ca...

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