Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE SNOW STORM, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT


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First Line: Nature unfettered by man's civic need
Last Line: Great god! Is this the world for which christ bled?
Subject(s): Class Struggle; Injustice; Snow


Nature unfettered by man's civic need,
Swirls flake on flake of wonder-working snow,
Until the city's life goes muffled, slow,
And each house worships fire -- its primal creed.
Then poverty is called. Its armies speed, --
Feet tied in rags, hands bare that puffed cheeks blow --
To fight white barricades and traffic's foe.
Ho! empty stomachs! You at last may feed.
Preposterous world! The freezing serve the warm.
The laborer walks to work while idlers ride;
And thin, pinched bellies longest go unfed.
Clean streets are bare of children; foul streets swarm.
The lame run races and the blind men guide.
Great God! Is this the world for which Christ bled?





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