Living
Reform
From Poems of Sentiment (1909)
Living
The time has come when men with hearts and brains
Must rise and take the misdirected reins
Of government; too long left in the hands
Of aliens and of lackeys. He who stands
And sees the mighty vehicle of State
Hauled through the mire to some ignoble fate
And makes not such bold protest as he can,
Is no American,
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MLA
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Reform.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/665/.
Chicago
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “Reform.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/665/.
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