Out of a cell into this darkened space -- <br />The end at twenty-five! <br />My tongue could not speak what stirred within me, <br />And the village thought me a fool. <br />Yet at the start there was a clear vision, <br />A high and urgent purpose in my soul <br />Which drove me on trying to memorize <br />The Encyclopedia Britannica!<br /><br />Edgar Lee Masters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/frank-drummer/
