Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | Prayers Without Answer
(From The Iliad) |
By Homer |
(Greek epic poet, B.C. 700?) |
| | | PRAYERS are Jove’s daughters of celestial race, | |
| Lame are their feet, and wrinkled is their face; | |
| With homely mien and with dejected eyes, | |
| Constant they follow where injustice flies. | |
| Injustice, suave, erect, and unconfined, | 5 |
| Sweeps the wide earth, and tramples o’er mankind— | |
| While prayers to heal her wrongs move slow behind. | | | | |
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