SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: REV. ABNER PEET, by EDGAR LEE MASTERSPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: I had no objection at all Last Line: And he burned them as waste paper.
I HAD no objection at all To selling my household effects at auction On the village square. It gave my beloved flock the chance To get something which had belonged to me For a memorial. But that trunk which was struck off To Burchard, the grog-keeper! Did you know it contained the manuscripts Of a lifetime of sermons? And he burned them as waste paper.
