Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | Sisterhood |
By Mary Craig Sinclair |
(Contemporary American writer) |
| | | LAST night I woke, and in my tranquil bed | |
| I lay, and thanked my God with fervent prayer | |
| That I had food and warmth, a cosy chair | |
| Beside a jolly fire, and roses red | |
| To give my room a touch of light and grace. | 5 |
| And I thanked God, oh thanked Him! that my face | |
| Was beautiful, that it was fair to men: | |
| I thought awhile, then thanked my God again. | |
| For yesterday, on Broadway I had walked, | |
| And I had stopped to watch them as they stalked | 10 |
| Their prey; and I was glad I had no sons | |
| To look with me upon those woeful ones— | |
| Paint on their lips, and from a corpse their hair, | |
| And eyes of simulated lust, astare! | | | | |
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