Edwin Markham Quotes

• He drew a circle that shut me out —
  Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
  But love and I had the wit to win:
  We drew a circle that took him in.

  Edwin Markham

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Inclusion, Enemies

• 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!

  Edwin Markham

  Topics in Dream, Youth

  Tags in Believe

• 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.

  Edwin Markham

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Emptiness, World

• For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear – when you are the hammer, strike.

  Edwin Markham

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Yourself

• Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart.

  Edwin Markham

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Glory, Heart

• The crest and crowning of all good, life’s final star, is Brotherhood.

  Edwin Markham

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Brotherhood

• 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.

  Edwin Markham

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Brothers, Destiny

• The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?

  Edwin Markham

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Incredible

• Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

  Edwin Markham

  Topics in Victory

  Tags in Glory

• To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.

  Edwin Markham

  Topics in Life

• We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life

  Edwin Markham

  Topics in Ideals

  Tags in Ethics

Edwin Markham (11)

Birth:	23rd April, 1852
Death:	7th March, 1940
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Poet

About

Edwin Markham was born in Oregon City, Oregon, USA. He was an American poet. In 1872 he graduated from San Jose State Normal School and in 1873 finished his studies of classics at Christian College in Santa Rosa. His most famous poem, "The Man with the Hoe," which accented laborers' hardships, was first presented at a public poetry reading in 1898. In 1922, Markham's poem "Lincoln, the Man of the People" was selected from 250 entries to be read at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial.

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