Edwin Markham
February 26, 2010
Edwin Markham (1852-1940)
Markam was an educator and poet that few know of or remember today. His prose is simple and direct. His most famous poems are ‘The Man With The Hoe’ and ‘Lincoln, The Man of the People’. Markam’s Lincoln poem was chosen and read at the dedication of the Lincoln memorial.
Excerp from ‘Lincoln, The Man of the People’
| And when he fell in whirlwind, he went down | |
| As when a lordly cedar, green with boughs, | 50 |
| Goes down with a great shout upon the hills, | |
| And leaves a lonesome place against the sky. |
More from Edwin Markham…
There is a destiny that makes us brothers:
None goes his way alone:
All that we send into the lives of others
Comes back onto our own.
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 that took him in.
For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear – when you are the hammer, strike.
We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.
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