The Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems (Markham, Pyle, 1900)/Two at a Fireside

1692485The Man with the Hoe, and Other Poems — Two at a Fireside1900Edwin Markham

Two at a Fireside

I built a chimney for a comrade old,
I did the service not for hope or hire—
And then I traveled on in winter's cold,
Yet all the day I glowed before the fire.