Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind, The boughs drink in new beauty and the trunk Sends down a deeper root on… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
I fear the vermin that shall undermineSenate and citadel and school and shrine. — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
Greed and Gain, grim guardians of the great god Mammon, continually cry in the ears of the poor, 'Give us your little ones!' And… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
Here is the Truth in a little creed, Enough for all the roads we go: In Love is all the law we need, In… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
“Some momentary touches of my fire Have warmed the barren ages with a beam: There is no peak beyond my swift desire, There is… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
We are all blind until we see That in the human plan Nothing is worth the making If it does not make the man.… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
Only the soul that knows the mighty grief can know the mighty rapture. Sorrows come to stretch out spaces in the heart for joy. — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
Fight ever on: this earthly stuff If used God’s way will be enough. Face to the firing line o friend Fight out life’s battle… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
