• 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.

  Edwin Markham
  American poet and editor 1852-1940
  

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1. centuries
2. emptiness
3. burden
4. world

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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. by : Edwin Markham

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