Edwin Markham

So he becomes an individual, not a mere rote thinker of others' thoughts and not a mere parrot of other men's ideas.

Edwin Markham could never have written The Man with the Hoe had he lived only in the city.

He would never have seen deeply enough, and he would never have dared brave the conventional prejudices of the civilized world as he did in his poem had he been city-bred.

But because he thought nakedly before God and his own soul, he was compelled to see the monstrousness of making a man, a son of God created in his image, a mere clod of clay.

The rocks and mountains, the hills and valleys, the waterfalls and streams, the deserts and canyons.

All these are to be desired.

Who does not wish to sing with Edwin Markham? I ride on the mountaintops, I ride, I have found my life and am satisfied.

Of course, this out-in-the-country life for city children can only be gained if their parents and our educators and politicians combine to provide it.

Robert Frost, Scotch-English.

Edwin Markham, English.

James W. Riley, Netherlander-English.

Carl Sandburg, Swede.

So he becomes an individual, not a mere rote thinker of others' thoughts and not a mere parrot of other men's ideas.

Edwin Markham could never have written The Man with the Hoe had he lived only in the city.

He would never have seen deeply enough, and he would never have dared brave the conventional prejudices of the civilized world as he did in his poem had he been city-bred.

But because he thought nakedly before God and his own soul, he was compelled to see the monstrousness of making a man, a son of God created in his image, a mere clod of clay.

The rocks and mountains, the hills and valleys, the waterfalls and streams, the deserts and canyons.

All these are to be desired.

Who does not wish to sing with Edwin Markham, I ride on the mountaintops, I ride, I have found my life and am satisfied.

Of course, this out-in-the-country life for city children can only be gained if their parents and our educators and politicians combine to provide it.

So he becomes an individual, not a mere rote thinker of others' thoughts and not a mere parrot of other men's ideas.

Edwin Markham could never have written The Man with the Hoe had he lived only in the city.

He would never have seen deeply enough, and he would never have dared brave the conventional prejudices of the civilized world as he did in his poem had he been city bred.

But because he thought nakedly before God and his own soul, he was compelled to see the monstrousness of making a man, a son of God created in his image, a mere clod of clay.

The rocks and mountains, the hills and valleys, the waterfalls and streams, the deserts and canyons.

All these are to be desired.

Who does not wish to sing with Edwin Markham? I ride on the mountaintops, I ride, I have found my life and am satisfied.

Of course, this out-in-the-country life for city children can only be gained if their parents and our educators and politicians combine to provide it.

So he becomes an individual, not a mere rote thinker of others' thoughts and not a mere parrot of other men's ideas.

Edwin Markham could never have written The Man with the Hoe had he lived only in the city.

He would never have seen deeply enough, and he would never have dared brave the conventional prejudices of the civilized world as he did in his poem had he been city bred.

But because he thought nakedly before God and his own soul, he was compelled to see the monstrousness of making a man, a son of God created in his image, a mere clod of clay.

The rocks and mountains, the hills and valleys, the waterfalls and streams, the deserts and canyons.

All these are to be desired.

Who does not wish to sing with Edwin Markham? I ride on the mountaintops, I ride, I have found my life and am satisfied.

Of course, this out-in-the-country life for city children can only be gained if their parents and our educators and politicians combine to provide it.