The Lady Poverty by Jacob Fisher. Upton Sinclair, ed. 1915. The Cry for Justice

Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.

The Lady Poverty

By Jacob Fisher

(Contemporary American poet)


I MET her on the Umbrian Hills,
Her hair unbound, her feet unshod;
As one whom secret glory fills
She walked alone—with God.

I met her in the city street;	5
Oh, changed her aspect then!
With heavy eyes and weary feet
She walked alone—with men.