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Show ktTlIE MAN WITH THE HOE-" F Ily l'.lwin Matkbam, IkkI rnsdiimaii In Ida own Image, Inthuliniignof (Jod made Ileblui. ' (Jem. all illnwcl by the weight of centuries be leans Uioii his hoe and gates on the ground. Tlio eiiipltntas ol nges In hie face, Wild on his Haik Ibe ourden of lie I world AVbo made I1I111 dead to rapture an ! deapalr, V thing Ibatgrloies not and that luy.r hopes, Itolld tfiid stunned, a brother to tbu oxT holooaenedandletdowii thle brutal I Jaw? Whoae was the hand that slanted bade II tlil brow 7 1 ' 1 hoeo breth blew out the light within this braluV Is this the Thing the Lord tiod made andgavo To bat 0 don I11I011 over sea nnd land , To 1 1 ace the stats ami seated the hentelia for power, To leel lha paralonof Elrrnltyt I thl lit UiaamJIlo drcamtd nbo ahapnl tbu suns And pillared tli blue firmament with llghtT Down all the stretch 0! Hell lo Ita lait gulf There la uo flapenioro Icrrlblo than thU-llum thU-llum touel nllb reniur of the vol bl 'a blind gtiJ More flllwl with algua nn.l porlenta for the soul Moie Iraugbtwlth menace lo tho nub Verre. Uiat gulli between blui and tlio f- raplilml hlai uf tbu nhiel of labor, what to him Are rialonnd the awlugoll'lvladec? What the long reaches ( Ihopraks of aong, Tlia lift of dawn, the reddening of tne roael Tlirougli tills dreal eliapo the atiffarlhg sgea look; lime's tragedy la In that tilling stoop) Through this dread shape humanity belrnyed, I'lundered, profaned nnd dialnberlteo', Citca prnteat In tint Judges of Ilia World. Apioteatlbal Is alio prupbery. 0 maiterr, lorda and rulers In all lands, ll this tlm handiwork foil give lo God, Thle monstrous thing distorted aud soul iptcuched? How will ynu ever straighten up thle abapa, I Touch It again with liniuortalllv 1 1 OWe back tlivapwardAlooklngandnlba,) llebuirdluiniie muilc'alld Hip dreamt Make right Ilia immemorial Infamies, , IVrll.lloua wrongs, luunedicnblo wceT 0 niaslcra. lords and rulera Iji all Iandr How will the I'utme reckon with this Man? 1 How answer hla bruin (lileitloii In that hour Whin wblrlwlidsol rebellion shake tbu world T How will ll lie wllli king. loina andv.UU kluga 1 With tbo'o who abaped him to the tiling be la When thle ilumbTeitor thai) riply to Ood. After thuillenceol tlieienlmlea? Oakland, Caf'"-. |