Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | Fifth Avenue, 1915 |
By Hermann Hagedorn |
(American poet, born 1882. The following poem is a rondel, an interesting case of the use of an artificial old French verse-form in a vital way) |
| | | THE MOTOR cars go up and down, | |
| The painted ladies sit and smile. | |
| Along the sidewalks, mile on mile, | |
| Parade the dandies of the town. | |
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| The latest hat, the latest gown, | 5 |
| The tedium of their souls beguile. | |
| The motor cars go up and down, | |
| The painted ladies sit and smile. | |
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| In wild and icy waters drown | |
| A thousand for a rock-bound isle. | 10 |
| Ten thousand in a black defile | |
| Perish for justice or a crown. | |
| The motor cars go up and down.… | | | | |
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