Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). rn The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.
Mother WeptJoseph Skipsey
(Contemporary English poet, whose work possesses a quaint simplicity, often suggesting Blake)M
With delight a-glow
Cried the lad, “Tomorrow,” cried,
“To the pit I go.”
Greeted old and young;
Far and wide the tidings spread;
Clapped his hands and sung.
Rapt in wonder; some
Free with counsel; some with praise;
Some with envy dumb.
“Be from peril kept;”
Father hid his face and sighed,
Mother turned and wept.