Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | The True Imperialism |
By William Watson |
(English poet, conspicuous for his courage in opposing the Boer war; 1858–1935) |
| | | HERE, while the tide of conquest rolls | |
| Against the distant golden shore, | |
| The starved and stunted human souls | |
| Are with us more and more. | |
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| Vain is your Science, vain your Art, | 5 |
| Your triumphs and your glories vain, | |
| To feed the hunger of their heart | |
| And famine of their brain. | |
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| Your savage deserts howling near, | |
| Your wastes of ignorance, vice, and shame,— | 10 |
| Is there no room for victories here, | |
| No fields for deeds of fame? | |
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| Arise and conquer while ye can | |
| The foe that in your midst resides, | |
| And build within the mind of Man | 15 |
| The Empire that abides. | | | | |
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