Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). rn The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.
PovertyAlcaeus
Alcaeus
(Greek lyric poet, c.620c.580 B.C.; banished for his resistance to tyrants. Translation by Sir William Jones)T
Past hope, past cure,
Is Penury, who, with her sister-mate
Disorder, soon brings down the loftiest state,
And makes it desolate.
This truth the sage of Sparta told,
Aristodemus old,—
“Wealth makes the man.” On him that’s poor
Proud Worth looks down, and Honor shuts the door.