Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PROTEST, by EUNICE CREAGER


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PROTEST, by                    
First Line: I saw a girl one summer day
Last Line: "while over her a lash; ""three mouths to feed."
Subject(s): Girls; Retail Trade; Stores; Shops; Shopkeepers


I saw a girl one summer day.
(Oh Love, how beautiful her shining face!)
Across the counter hers the task to lay
A bolt of velvet, silk, a bit of lace.
The cause of all her joy? A narrow ring.
I watched. My heart grew light and happy, too!
Her pulsing, gallant spirit seemed to fling
A challenge, build my waning faith anew.

Three years... again I searched the market-place.
(Oh Love, how pitiful the needless waste!)
A man with infant child patroled the lace;
The girl once happy worked with fever haste;
Her soul and body wrecked by cruel greed
While over her a lash; "Three mouths to feed."





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