Social Commentaries
A Bargain
From Lincoln & Other Poems (1901)
Social Commentaries
Scoffer, you cry, “Where is your ‘other world,’
Your fabled heaven in far eternities?”
Well said, but first, before your lip is curled,
Tell (’tis a little thing) where this world is!
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Markham, Edwin. “A Bargain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/114/.
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Markham, Edwin. “A Bargain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/114/.
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