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

Young and without a stain?

“Will no one bid,” said England,

“For their souls so pure and white,

And fit for all good or evil

The world on their page may write?”

“We bid,” said Pest and Famine;

“We bid for life and limb;

Fever and pain and squalor,

Their bright young eyes shall dim.

When the children grow too many,