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.
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This quote is just one of 9 total Edwin Markham quotes in our collection. Edwin Markham is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.
There is a destiny That makes us brothers: None goes his way alone: All that we send into the lives of others Comes back into our own.
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!
By a divine paradox, wherever there is one slave there are two. So in the wonderful reciprocities of being, we can never reach the higher levels until all our fellows ascend with us.
This quote is just one of 9 total Edwin Markham quotes in our collection. Edwin Markham is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.