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Quotes from The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems — Edwin Markham

d. 1940 United States

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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.

The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)

O masters, lords and rulers in all lands,
Is this the handiwork you give to God,
This monstrous thing distorted and soul-quenched?

The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)

Come, clear the way, then, clear the way:
Blind creeds and kings have had their day.

The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)

To this Event the ages ran:
Make way for Brotherhood — make way for Man.

The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)

The crest and crowning of all good,
Life’s final star, is Brotherhood;
For it will bring again to Earth
Her long-lost Poesy and Mirth;
Will send new light on every face,
A kingly power upon the race.
And till it come, we men are slaves,
And travel downward to the dust of graves.

The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)

How will it be with kingdoms and with kings —
With those who shaped him to the thing he is —
When this dumb Terror shall rise to judge the world.
After the silence of the centuries?

The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)

Is this the Thing the Lord God made and gave
To have dominion over sea and land;
To trace the stars and search the heavens for power;
To feel the passion of Eternity?

The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edwin Markham (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.