The Man with the Hoe
Written after seeing Millet's World-Famous Painting
God made man in His own image,
in the image of God made He him.—Genesis.
Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,
The emptiness of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of the world.
Who made him dead to rapture and despair,
