More by Edwin Markham
One thing shines clear in the heart's sweet reason,
One lightning over the chasm runs —
That to turn from love is the world's one treason
That darkens all the suns.
The Shoes of Happiness, and Other Poems (1913)
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)
If this is a dream, then perhaps our dreaming
Can touch life's height to a finer fire:
Who knows but the heavens and all their seeming
Were made by the heart's desire?
The Shoes of Happiness, and Other Poems (1913)
We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.
It will all come back — the wasted splendor,
The heart's lost youth like a breaking flower,
The dauntless dare, and the wistful, tender
Touch of the April hour.
The Shoes of Happiness, and Other Poems (1913)
To this Event the ages ran:
Make way for Brotherhood — make way for Man.
The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)
There are more lives yet, there are more worlds waiting,
For the way climbs up to the eldest sun,
Where the white ones go to their mystic mating,
And the Holy Will is done.
The Shoes of Happiness, and Other Poems (1913)
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