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

Along with the barbarous Turk,

Where woman has never a soul to save,

If this is Christian work!

”Work—work—work

Till the brain begins to swim!

Work—work—work

Till the eyes are heavy and dim!

Seam, and gusset, and band,

Band, and gusset, and seam,—

Till over the buttons I fall asleep,