Social Commentaries
Infinite Depths
From The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)
Social Commentaries
The little pool, in street or field apart,
Glasses deep heavens and the rushing storm;
And into silent depths of every heart,
The Eternal throws its awful shadow-form.
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Markham, Edwin. “Infinite Depths.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/19/.
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Markham, Edwin. “Infinite Depths.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/19/.
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