Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | Trinity Church |
By Edwin Davies Schoonmaker |
(Contemporary American poet) |
| | | IN vain she points her finger to the sky | |
| And sends her voice along the famous street, | |
| Admonishing how the mortal hours fleet | |
| And bidding men bethink that they must die. | |
| Tearing the coat of Christ they jostle by | 5 |
| And ply their gambling at her very feet. | |
| “Prepare, prepare, prepare thy God to meet!” | |
| She loudly calls. They do not heed her. Why? | |
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| Thou, stuffed with tithes of them that traffic here, | |
| Flesh of their flesh, and with thy spotted hand | 10 |
| Buying and selling, fattening year by year, | |
| How darest thou rebuke this venal band? | |
| Thou mocker of the man of Galilee, | |
| Prepare to meet thy God, thou Pharisee. | | | | |
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