Social Commentaries
In High Sierras
From The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)
Social Commentaries
There at a certain hour of the deep night,
A gray cliff with a demon face comes up,
Wrinkled and old, behind the peaks, and with
An anxious look peers at the Zodiac.
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Markham, Edwin. “In High Sierras.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/34/.
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Markham, Edwin. “In High Sierras.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/34/.
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