Social Commentaries
Art
From Lincoln & Other Poems (1901)
Social Commentaries
At her light touch, behold! a voice proceeds
Out of all things to chide our sordid deeds;
A beauty breaks, a beauty ever strange,
The Changeless that is back of all the change.
Lightly it comes as when a rose would be—
Takes feature yet remains a mystery.
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MLA
Markham, Edwin. “Art.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/98/.
Chicago
Markham, Edwin. “Art.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/markham/98/.
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