Social Commentaries
O lords! o rulers of the nation!
From The Poets and the Poetry of the Century, ed. Alfred H. Miles
Social Commentaries
O lords! o rulers of the nation!
O softly clothed! O richly fed!
O men of wealth and noble station!
Give us our daily bread.
For you we are content to toil,
For you our blood like rain is shed;
Then lords and rulers of the soil,
Give us our daily bread.
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MLA
Harpur, Charles. “O lords! o rulers of the nation!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harpur/11/.
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Harpur, Charles. “O lords! o rulers of the nation!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harpur/11/.
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