Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | Written in London, September, 1802 |
By William Wordsworth |
(One of the great sonnets of England’s poet of nature; 1770–1850. Poet laureate in 1843) |
| | | O FRIEND! I know not which way I must look | |
| For comfort, being, as I am, opprest | |
| To think that now our life is only drest | |
| For show; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, | |
| Or groom!—We must run glittering like a brook | 5 |
| In the open sunshine, or we are unblest; | |
| The wealthiest man among us is the best; | |
| No grandeur now in nature or in book | |
| Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, | |
| This is idolatry; and these we adore; | 10 |
| Plain living and high thinking are no more: | |
| The homely beauty of the good old cause | |
| Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, | |
| And pure religion breathing household laws. | | | | |
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