Social Commentaries
Man
From The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)
Social Commentaries
Out of the deep and endless universe
There came a greater Mystery, a Shape,
A Something sad, inscrutable, august--
One to confront the worlds and question them.
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MLA
Markham, Edwin. “Man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/32/.
Chicago
Markham, Edwin. “Man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/32/.
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