Edwin Markham, Washington The Nation Builder
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Poem, Washington The Nation Builder, written at the request of the Bicentennial Commission at Washington, D. C., for distribution during the nine months' celebration of George Washington's Anniversary in 1932. The poem is signed by author, Edwin Markham. In addition, a lovely postcard [used 1909] of "Washington Taking Command of the Army" Raphael Tuck & Sons' Post Card Series No. 156 "Washington' Birthday". Art Publisher to their majesties the King & Queen. Bottom left corner of card is ripped off but will attach.
Edwin Markham (1852–1940(Once internationally famous as the author of the poem "The Man with the Hoe," Markham was a popular American literary figure during the first half of the twentieth century whose works espoused progressive social and spiritual beliefs. In contrast to the experimentalism and pessimism that generally characterized poetry of this era, Markham's quatrains, sonnets, and heroic verse celebrate peace, love, and socialist utopian reform. In a 1902 essay in the Comrade, Leonard D. Abbot proclaimed that "Markham, more than any other poet in the English language, can claim the honor of being the Bard of Labor—the true product of the last great movement that is destined to shake the world."
Edwin Markham (1852–1940(Once internationally famous as the author of the poem "The Man with the Hoe," Markham was a popular American literary figure during the first half of the twentieth century whose works espoused progressive social and spiritual beliefs. In contrast to the experimentalism and pessimism that generally characterized poetry of this era, Markham's quatrains, sonnets, and heroic verse celebrate peace, love, and socialist utopian reform. In a 1902 essay in the Comrade, Leonard D. Abbot proclaimed that "Markham, more than any other poet in the English language, can claim the honor of being the Bard of Labor—the true product of the last great movement that is destined to shake the world."
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