Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | The Vanity of Human Wishes |
By Samuel Johnson |
(English essayist and poet, 1709–1784. The poem from which these lines are taken is a paraphrase of the Roman poet Juvenal) |
| | | BUT, scarce observed, the knowing and the bold | |
| Fall in the general massacre of gold; | |
| Wide wasting pest! that rages unconfined, | |
| And crowds with crimes the records of mankind; | |
| For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws, | 5 |
| For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws; | |
| Wealth heaped on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, | |
| The dangers gather as the treasures rise. | | | | |
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