Social Commentaries
“Follow Me”
From The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)
Social Commentaries
O friend, we never choose the better part,
Until we set the Cross up in the heart.
I know I can not live until I die--
Till I am nailed upon it wild and high,
And sleep in the tomb for a full three days dead,
With angels at the feet and at the head.
But then in a great brightness I shall rise
To walk with stiller feet below the skies.
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MLA
Markham, Edwin. ““Follow Me”.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/48/.
Chicago
Markham, Edwin. ““Follow Me”.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/48/.
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