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

For a’ that, and a’ that,

Their dignities and a’ that,

The pith o’ sense and pride o’ worth

Are higher rank than a’ that.

Then let us pray that come it may,

(As come it will for a’ that)

That sense and worth, o’er a’ the earth,

May bear the gree and a’ that.

For a’ that, and a’ that—

It’s coming yet, for a’ that,