Social Commentaries
The Brown o’ the Year
From Lincoln & Other Poems (1901)
Social Commentaries
What would you speak with that visage old,
O cliff by the windy shore?
What passion that never a song could hold—
What word of the Nevermore?
What would you tell with that silent look,
O bleak, bare oak by the way?
Earth’s grief is all in that bough that shook,
That leaf that could not stay.
Cite this poem
MLA
Markham, Edwin. “The Brown o’ the Year.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/111/.
Chicago
Markham, Edwin. “The Brown o’ the Year.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/111/.
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