The Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems (Markham, Pyle, 1900)/To William Watson

1692557The Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems — To William Watson1900Edwin Markham

To William Watson

After reading "The Purple East."

That hour you put the wreath of England by
To shake her guilty heart with song sublime,
The mighty Muse that watches from the sky
Laid on your head the larger wreath of Time.