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

by Unknown

There’s a haunting horror near us

That nothing drives away;

Fierce lamping eyes at nightfall,

A crouching shade by day;

There’s a whining at the threshold,

There’s a scratching at the floor.

To work! To work! In Heaven’s name!

The wolf is at the door!

The day was long, the night was short,

The bed was hard and cold;