OH, the tragedy of the injustice of this world, Yoked to willing shoulders of good men! The consent of mute Indifference, To shame and crime that baffle, With a keen infernal cunning, Unceasing strife and brave endeavor Of all earnest hearts and true! The death-cry of despairing souls That will not build belief, Lest on the shifting sand of lies The bright house of life be founded! And the great star-lighted heavens Brooding silent over all! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE'S MIRACLE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A FLORIDA SUNDAY by SIDNEY LANIER UNDER THE CEDARCROFT CHESTNUT by SIDNEY LANIER IN A BREATH; TO THE WILLIAMSON BROTHERS by CARL SANDBURG |