EDWIN MARKHAM - AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED 12/1908 - HFSID 112200
Price: $460.00
EDWIN MARKHAM
The poet penned and dated this line from his poem The Desire of Nations - "Come, let us
live the poetry we sing" - in 1908. This poem is from his 1899 poetry collection The Man
with the Hoe.
Autograph quotation signed "Come, let us live the poetry we sing./Edwin
Markham/Dec./1908". 4¼x2¾ fabric-textured card. This is a line from The Desire of Nations,
a poem in his 1899 collection of poems The Man with the Hoe. Markham (1852-1940,
born Charles Edward Anson Markham in Oregon City, Oregon) is an American poet and
lecturer best known for his social protest poem The Man with the Hoe (1899). This poem
is based on a painting by Jean-Francois Millet about a peasant. Markham used this peasant to
represent exploited men and women the world over. He also wrote Lincoln, Man of the
People (1901), which was almost as popular as The Man with the Hoe. Lightly toned,
foxed and discolored. Mounting remnants in top left and bottom right corners. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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