Edwin Markham

Poems (5)

• A Look into the Gulf

  I looked one night, and there Semiramis, / With all her mourning doves about her head, …

• Joy of the Morning

  I hear you, little bird, / Shouting a-swing above the broken wall. …

• The Last Furrow

  The spirit OF EARTH with still, restoring hands, / Mid ruin moves, in glimmering chasm gropes, …

• The Man with the Hoe

  Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans / Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, …

• The Whirlwind Road

  The muses wrapped in mysteries of light / Came in a rush of music on the night; …