Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | Paradise Lost |
By John Milton |
(English lyric and epic poet, 1608–1674) |
| | | MAMMON led them on— | |
| Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell | |
| From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts | |
| Were always downward bent, admiring more | |
| The riches of Heaven’s pavement, trodden gold, | 5 |
| Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed | |
| In vision beatific. By him first | |
| Men also, and by his suggestion taught, | |
| Ransacked the centre, and with impious hands | |
| Rifled the bowels of their mother earth | 10 |
| For treasures better hid. Soon had his crew | |
| Opened into the hill a spacious wound, | |
| And digged out ribs of gold. Let none admire | |
| That riches grow in Hell; that soil may best | |
| Deserve the precious bane. | 15 | | | |
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