Social Commentaries
And What Shall You Say?
From The Band of Gideon, and Other Lyrics (1918)
Social Commentaries
Brother, come!
And let us go unto our God.
And when we stand before Him
I shall say —
"Lord, I do not hate,
I am hated.
I scourge no one,
I am scourged.
I covet no lands,
My lands are coveted.
I mock no peoples,
My people are mocked."
And, brother, what shall you say?
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MLA
Jr., Joseph Seamon Cotter. “And What Shall You Say?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotter_jr/9/.
Chicago
Jr., Joseph Seamon Cotter. “And What Shall You Say?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotter_jr/9/.
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