There is a Voice within each citizen That bids us heed the cohorts' mighty roar, Which comes from every street and beggar's door, In spite of ancient creed and scribal pen. No anodyne from pompous aldermen Will do, in terms of dole as heretofore; No opiates will satisfy the corps Of hungry men on every field and fen. There is but one way out for sons of God: To heed the Voice of human brotherhood -- As One who died in Palestine of old -- To walk with humble feet by mercy shod, And build a world that's great and kind and good, A world with more of love and less of gold. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LIMBO by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE ESCAPE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON EPITAPH FOR LINCOLN by WALT WHITMAN THE WORLD; SONNET by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH DAWN MAGIC by CHARLOTTE LOUISE BERTLESEN BEAUTIFUL WORLD! by JOHN STUART BLACKIE EGYPTIAN THEOSOPHY by MATHILDE BLIND ENTERTAINMENT GIVEN BY LORD KNOWLES: SONG OF THREE VOICES by THOMAS CAMPION |