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

Fresh loads he deigns to lay;

We’re far too low to vote the tax,

But not too low to pay.

We’re low, we’re low—we’re very, very low,—

And yet from our fingers glide

The silken floss and the robes that glow

Round the limbs of the sons of pride;

And what we get, and what we give,

We know, and we know our share;

We’re not too low the cloth to weave,