Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHILD LABOR, by CHARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON GILMAN



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First Line: No fledgling feeds the fatherbird
Last Line: That lives upon its young!
Alternate Author Name(s): Stetson, Charlotte Perkins
Subject(s): Child Labor; Social Protest


No fledgling feeds the father bird,
No chicken feeds the hen,
No kitten mouses for the cat—
This glory is for men.

We are the wisest, strongest race:
Long may our praise be sung—
The only animal alive
That lives upon its young!





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