Edwin Markham
Edwin Markham
Edwin Markhamwas an American poet. From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth23 April 1852
CountryUnited States of America
destiny decision choices
Choices are the hinges of destiny.
clever men poetic
Mr. Rihani is a man of ardent poetic temperament, a clever poet, and a man of unworldly ideals.
dream men doors
Earth Is Enough. We men of Earth have here the stuff Of Paradise - we have enough! We need no other stones to build The Temple of the Unfulfilled - No other ivory for the doors - No other marble for the floors - No other cedar for the beam And dome of man's immortal dream. Here on the paths of every-day - Here on the common human way Is all the stuff the gods would take To build a Heaven, to mold and make New Edens. Ours is the stuff sublime To build Eternity in time!
hoe age world
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.
heart grieving joy
Sorrows come to stretch out places in the heart for joy.
rust
It is better to rust out than wear out.
stars good-life brotherhood
The crest and crowning of all good, life's final star, is Brotherhood.
lives others send
All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own
inspirational life dream
Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; but a greater thing is to fight life through and say at the end, the dream is true!
giving silence generations
The sequoias belong to the silences of the milleniums. Many of them have seen a hundred human generations rise, give off their little clamors and perish. They seem indeed to be forms of immortality standing here amoing the transitory shapes of time.
sides things-to-do oneself
To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.
inspirational life motivational
There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.
encouraging adversity victory-and-defeat
Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
reading book bread
He fed his spirit with the bread of books