He drew a circle that shut me out— Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But Love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in!
Edwin Markham
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Outwitted, reproduced in Modern American Poetry, edited by Louis Untermeyer; Complete four-line public-domain poem. Read under Markham’s author heading in the historical anthology; capitalization and punctuation preserved.
- Outwitted, reproduced in Modern American Poetry, edited by Louis Untermeyer
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