About Edwin Markham: Edwin Markham was an American poet. From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon.
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.
It is better to rust out than wear out.
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.
For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.
Oft when the white, still dawn lifted the skies and pushed the hills apart, I have felt it like a glory in my heart.
Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
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!
The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is brotherhood.
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?
We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.
To throw oneself to the side of the oppressed is the only dignified thing to do in life.
He fed his spirit with the bread of books
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 and took him In ! From the poem " Outwitted
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 to the end. One soldier, when the fight was red, Threw down his broken sword and fled. Another snatched it, won the day, ...
