Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | The Latest Decalogue |
By Arthur Hugh Clough |
(English poet and scholar, friend of Tennyson and Matthew Arnold, 1819–1861) |
| | | THOU shalt have one God only; who | |
| Would be at the expense of two? | |
| No graven images may be | |
| Worshipped, except the currency. | |
| Swear not at all; for, for thy curse | 5 |
| Thine enemy is none the worse. | |
| At church on Sunday to attend | |
| Will serve to keep the world thy friend. | |
| Honor thy parents; that is, all | |
| From whom advancement may befall. | 10 |
| Thou shalt not kill; but need’st not strive | |
| Officiously to keep alive. | |
| Do not adultery commit; | |
| Advantage rarely comes of it. | |
| Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, | 15 |
| When it’s so lucrative to cheat. | |
| Bear not false witness; let the lie | |
| Have time on its own wings to fly. | |
| Thou shalt not covet, but tradition | |
| Approves all forms of competition. | 20 | | | |
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