Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.
By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never reach the higher levels unti… - Edwin Markham
By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never reach the higher levels unti…
- Edwin Markham
We are all blind until we see That in the human plan Nothing is worth the making If it does not make the man. Why build these cities glorious If man … - Edwin Markham
We are all blind until we see That in the human plan Nothing is worth the making If it does not make the man. Why build these cities glorious If man …
Three were the fates. Poverty that chains; gray drudgery that grinds the hope away, and gaping ignorance that starves the soul. - Edwin Markham
Three were the fates. Poverty that chains; gray drudgery that grinds the hope away, and gaping ignorance that starves the soul.
For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike. - Edwin Markham
For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.
The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood. - Edwin Markham
The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood.
Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind, The boughs drink in new bea… - Edwin Markham
Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind, The boughs drink in new bea…
No soul can be forever banned, Eternally bereft, Whoever falls from God's right hand Is caught into his left. - Edwin Markham
No soul can be forever banned, Eternally bereft, Whoever falls from God's right hand Is caught into his left.
He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In ! From the … - Edwin Markham
He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In ! From the …
It is better to rust out than wear out. - Edwin Markham
It is better to rust out than wear out.
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