Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915. | | | | Lines to a Pomeranian Puppy Valued at 3,500 |
By Louis Untermeyer |
(American poet, born 1885) |
| | | OFTEN as I strain and stew, | |
| Digging in these dirty ditches, | |
| I have dared to think of you— | |
| You and all your riches. | |
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| Lackeys help you on and off; | 5 |
| And the bed is silk you lie in; | |
| You have doctors when you cough, | |
| Priests when you are dying. | |
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| Wrapt in soft and costly furs, | |
| All sewed up with careful stitches, | 10 |
| You consort with proper curs | |
| And with perfumed bitches.… | |
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| You don’t sweat to struggle free, | |
| Work in rags and rotting breeches— | |
| Puppy, have a laugh at me | 15 |
| Digging in the ditches! | | | | |
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