Social Commentaries
To William Watson
From The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)
Social Commentaries
That hour you put the wreath of England by
To shake her guilty heart with song sublime,
The mighty Muse that watches from the sky
Laid on your head the larger wreath of Time.
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MLA
Markham, Edwin. “To William Watson.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/30/.
Chicago
Markham, Edwin. “To William Watson.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/30/.
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