Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SOVIET, by LOUISE WINDSOR


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THE SOVIET, by                    
First Line: They say the state is all
Last Line: The state, their all in all.
Subject(s): Communism; Russia; Soviet Union; Russians


They say the State is all,
That all mankind unto the State must bow;
His labors for its future all be bent;
His gains must go its coffers to endow.

Their womenfolk equality have won --
The right to earn their bread by sweaty brow;
No hampering ties of motherhood and home
To hold her in its slavish thralldom now.
And when her portion 'tis a child to bear,
No tender ties are hers, no soft caress;
Forthwith she turns him o'er, the State to rear --
No hampering sentimental tenderness --
Her freedom has begun.

There is no God; all power lies in mankind.
'Tis weakness to believe in any God;
Religion must not hamper any mind;
No hope of future life beyond the sod.
And churches built to God, once so ornate
With painting and with sculpture, now must go
To build great clubs, where workers congregate
That they of their new idol more may know,
And bow to worship her.

No faith in God must bind;
No sentimental love of child enthrall;
No home life there to claim man's heart and mind;
The State, their all in all.





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