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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And not a single man.

In the Shadows: the Priest

By Arthur Upson

(American poet, 1877-1908)

How long is it now, I wonder—

A thousand years, at least,

Here the dark vault under,

Feet to the East,

Supposed to be Paradise-walking, a purgèd priest!