The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest / The writings of philosophers, poets, novelists, social reformers, and others who have voiced the struggle against social injustice; selected from twenty-five languages; covering a period of five thousand years - Unknown

Whose anguish never can pen record,

If thou be truly compassionate,

Have pity on these my comrades, Lord!

L’Envoi

These are pawns that the hand of Fate

Careless sweeps from the checker-board.

Thou that know’st if the game be straight,

Have pity on these my comrades, Lord!

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