| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 1084. The Last Furrow |
| | | By Edwin Markham |
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| THE SPIRIT OF EARTH with still, restoring hands, | |
| Mid ruin moves, in glimmering chasm gropes, | |
| And mosses mantle and the bright flower opes; | |
| But Death the Ploughman wanders in all lands, | |
| And to the last of Earth his furrow stands. | 5 |
| The grave is never hidden: fearful hopes | |
| Follow the dead upon the fading slopes, | |
| And there wild memories meet upon the sands. | |
| When willows fling their banners to the plain, | |
| When rumor of winds and sound of sudden showers | 10 |
| Disturb the dream of winter, all in vain | |
| The grasses hurry to the graves, the flowers | |
| Toss their wild torches on their windy towers; | |
| Yet are the bleak graves lonely in the rain. | |
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