Versos English Edwin Markham The Tragedy

English poem

The Tragedy

by (1852–1940)

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Oh, the fret of the brain, And the wounds and the worry; Oh, the thought of love and the thought of death— And the soul in its silent hurry.

But the stars break above, And the fields flower under; And the tragical life of man goes on, Surrounded by beauty and wonder.