Social Commentaries

Wind of the Fall

by Edwin Markham 1852–1940

From Lincoln & Other Poems (1901)

Social Commentaries

I hear that wail in the windy pine
And I suddenly know:
It wakes in my heart a dream divine
And a sacred woe.

I heard that cry from your spirit then,
O wind of the Fall!
I, too, have carried the grief of men;
I have felt it all.

MLA

Markham, Edwin. “Wind of the Fall.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/112/.

Chicago

Markham, Edwin. “Wind of the Fall.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/112/.

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