Concerning Wealth. III. (From the Icelandic, Eleventh Century). Icelandic. Upton Sinclair, ed. 1915. The Cry for Justice

Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.

Concerning Wealth. III.
(From the Icelandic, Eleventh Century)

Icelandic


I SAW the well-filled barns
Of the child of wealth;
Now leans he on the staff of the beggar.
Thus are riches,
As the glance of an eye,	5
They are an inconstant friend.