Social Commentaries
“The Father’s Business”
From Lincoln & Other Poems (1901)
Social Commentaries
Who puts back into place a fallen bar,
Or flings a rock out of a traveled road,
His feet are moving toward the central star,
His name is whispered in the God’s abode.
Cite this poem
MLA
Markham, Edwin. ““The Father’s Business”.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/116/.
Chicago
Markham, Edwin. ““The Father’s Business”.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/116/.
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