Living

Reform

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 1850–1919

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,

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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