Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | Poverty |
By Alcaeus |
(Greek lyric poet, c.620–c.580 B.C.; banished for his resistance to tyrants. Translation by Sir William Jones) |
| | | THE WORST of ills, and hardest to endure, | |
| Past hope, past cure, | |
| Is Penury, who, with her sister-mate | |
| Disorder, soon brings down the loftiest state, | |
| And makes it desolate. | 5 |
| This truth the sage of Sparta told, | |
| Aristodemus old,— | |
| “Wealth makes the man.” On him that’s poor | |
| Proud Worth looks down, and Honor shuts the door. | | | | |
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