Social Commentaries
The Poets
From The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)
Social Commentaries
Some cry of Sappho’s lyre, of Saadi’s flute,
Comes back across the waste of mortal things:
Men strive and die to reach the Dead Sea fruit--
Only the poets find immortal springs.
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Markham, Edwin. “The Poets.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/26/.
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Markham, Edwin. “The Poets.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/26/.
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