Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). rn The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.
I Sing the Battle(From The Cry of Youth)
Harry Kemp
(A young American poet who has wandered over the world as sailor, harvest hand and tramp; born 1883)I
Ah, but the wailing mothers, the lifeless forms and still!
Ah, but the skeletons flapping rags, the lips that speak no more!
And wilt thou sing the maimed ones, too, that go with pinned-up sleeve?
Ah, but the broken bodies that drip like honey-comb!
And wilt thou sing the shadowy hosts that never march again?