The Englishman and Other Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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And the Man has dragged their thoughts down to the earth.
There will be no Social Evil, when each waking mind shall know All the grandeur and the beauty hid in birth. When each Mother sets the fashion to win confidence, and trust, And to teach the mighty lesson, Self-Control, We can lift the great Sex passion from the darkness and the dust, And enshrine it on the altar of the soul. THE FORECAST It may be that I dreamed a dream; it may be that I saw The forecast of a time to come by some supernal law. I seemed to dwell in this same world, and in this modern time; Yet nowhere was there sight or sound of poverty or crime. All strife had ceased; men were disarmed; and quiet Peace had made A thousand avenues for toil, in place of War's grim trade. From east to west, from north to south where highways smooth and broad Tied State to State, the waste lands bloomed, like garden spots of God. There were no beggars in the streets; there were no unemployed, For each man owned his plot of ground, and laboured and enjoyed. Sweet children grew like garden flowers; all strong and fair to see; And when I marvelled at the sight, thus spake a Voice to me: |
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