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

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Preach about tomorrow, Preacher!

Beyond this world’s decay:

Of the sheepfold Paradise we priced

When we pinned our faith to Jesus Christ;

Of those hot depths that shall receive

The goats who would not so believe—

Preach about tomorrow, Preacher,

Not about today!

Preach about the old sins, Preacher!

And the old virtues, too: