Social Commentaries
Griefs
From The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)
Social Commentaries
The rains of winter scourged the weald,
For days they darkened on the field:
Now, where the wings of winter beat,
The poppies ripple in the wheat.
And pitiless griefs came thick and fast--
Life’s bough was naked in the blast--
Till silently amid the gloom
They blew the wintry heart to bloom.
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Markham, Edwin. “Griefs.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/56/.
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Markham, Edwin. “Griefs.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/56/.
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