Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LUXURY'S CHILDREN, by ELAINE PIERCE MCCRELESS


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LUXURY'S CHILDREN, by                    
First Line: If they could view us now, that steadfast throng
Last Line: To reach for hand-outs, whining, growing soft!
Subject(s): Cruelty


If they could view us now, that steadfast throng
Who dared the perils of an unblazed trail
And, following their dream, slow-hewed their long
Crude progress toward their goal, pitting their frail
And shrinking flesh against the wilderness --
That band whom hunger's pain could not dispel
Whose vision would permit of no regress,
Whom fear or raiding savage could not quell --
They who advanced to meet the frontier's dare,
Staked comfort, life, and loved ones on their win,
And left for us the unearned, safer share --
What would they think to see their issued kin
Tossing aside the torch they held aloft
To reach for hand-outs, whining, growing soft!





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