They are gone; there is none can undo it,

nor save our souls from the curse;

But many a million cometh,

and shall they be better or worse?

It is we must answer and hasten,

and open wide the door

For the rich man's hurrying terror,

and the slow-foot hope of the poor.

Yea, the voiceless wrath of the wretched,

and their unlearned discontent,