Social Commentaries
At Dawn
From The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)
Social Commentaries
Just then the branches lightly stirred....
See, out o’ the apple boughs a bird
Bursts music-mad into the blue abyss:
Rothschild would give his gold for this--
The wealth of nations, if he knew:
(And find a profit in the business, too.)
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Markham, Edwin. “At Dawn.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/47/.
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Markham, Edwin. “At Dawn.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/47/.
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