Poems (Geisse)/All Men Are Equal
"ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL."
"All men are equal?" Shall such folly stand,
A blot upon the culture of our land?
The jest of other nations when they read,
America established such a creed?
A blot upon the culture of our land?
The jest of other nations when they read,
America established such a creed?
"All men are equal?" Born with equal chance,
With equal strength to struggle and advance?
The child of ignorance, of want, of wrong,
In him can virtue ever be as strong?
With equal strength to struggle and advance?
The child of ignorance, of want, of wrong,
In him can virtue ever be as strong?
"All men are equal?" What does science say,
While wrestling with the problems of to-day?
Is there no gulf twixt luxury and toil—
Twixt those who own, and those who till the soil?
While wrestling with the problems of to-day?
Is there no gulf twixt luxury and toil—
Twixt those who own, and those who till the soil?
"All men are equal?" He who digs a trench
The equal of the judge upon the bench?
Or the poor woman scrubbing floors all day,
The equal of my lady at the play?
The equal of the judge upon the bench?
Or the poor woman scrubbing floors all day,
The equal of my lady at the play?
"All men are equal?" Stand upon the street,
And view the passing crowds you daily meet,
It only needs a casual glance to see,
How false this doctrine of "Equality."
And view the passing crowds you daily meet,
It only needs a casual glance to see,
How false this doctrine of "Equality."