Social Commentaries

Fay Song

by Edwin Markham 1852–1940

From The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899)

Social Commentaries

My life is a dream--a dream
In the moon’s cool beam;
Some day I shall wake and desire
A touch of the infinite fire.
But now ’tis enough that I be
In the light of the sea;
Enough that I climb with the cloud
When the winds of the morning are loud;
Enough that I fade with the stars
When the door of the East unbars.

MLA

Markham, Edwin. “Fay Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/60/.

Chicago

Markham, Edwin. “Fay Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/60/.

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