Social Commentaries
The Tragedy
From The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)
Social Commentaries
Oh, the fret of the brain,
And the wounds and the worry;
Oh, the thought of love and the thought of death--
And the soul in its silent hurry.
But the stars break above,
And the fields flower under;
And the tragical life of man goes on,
Surrounded by beauty and wonder.
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Markham, Edwin. “The Tragedy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/52/.
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Markham, Edwin. “The Tragedy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/52/.
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