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Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968). rn The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.

December 31st

Abercrombie, Lascelles

Lascelles Abercrombie

(Contemporary English poet)

WHAT is he hammering there,

That devil swinking in Hell?

Oh, he forges a cunning New Year,

God knows he does it well.

Mill and harrow and rake,

A restless enginery

Of men and women to make

Cruelty, Harlotry.