Social Commentaries
All-Men’s Inn
From Lincoln & Other Poems (1901)
Social Commentaries
Death is the only host with thoughts so large
He cannot find it in his heart to charge.
He turns no guest away: madame and sir,
This inn has bed for every traveller.
I’ll meet you, emperor—I’ll meet you, clown,
At this last tavern as we leave the town.
Cite this poem
MLA
Markham, Edwin. “All-Men’s Inn.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/93/.
Chicago
Markham, Edwin. “All-Men’s Inn.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/93/.
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