Social Commentaries
Two at a Fireside
From The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)
Social Commentaries
I built a chimney for a comrade old,
I did the service not for hope or hire--
And then I traveled on in winter’s cold,
Yet all the day I glowed before the fire.
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MLA
Markham, Edwin. “Two at a Fireside.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/28/.
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Markham, Edwin. “Two at a Fireside.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/28/.
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