Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | The Old Suffragist |
By Margaret Widdemer |
(Contemporary American poet) |
| | | SHE could have loved—her woman-passions beat | |
| Deeper than theirs, or else she had not known | |
| How to have dropped her heart beneath their feet | |
| A living stepping-stone: | |
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| The little hands—did they not clutch her heart? | 5 |
| The guarding arms—was she not very tired? | |
| Was it an easy thing to walk apart, | |
| Unresting, undesired? | |
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| She gave away her crown of woman-praise, | |
| Her gentleness and silent girlhood grace | 10 |
| To be a merriment for idle days, | |
| Scorn for the market-place: | |
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| She strove for an unvisioned, far-off good, | |
| For one far hope she knew she should not see: | |
| These—not her daughters—crowned with motherhood | 15 |
| And love and beauty—free. | | | | |
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