Social Commentaries
The Earth
From Poems of Power (1903)
Social Commentaries
The earth is yours and mine,
Our God’s bequest.
That testament divine
Who dare contest?
Usurpers of the earth,
We claim our share.
We are of royal birth.
Beware! beware!
Unloose the hand of greed
From God’s fair land,
We claim but what we need—
That, we demand.
Cite this poem
MLA
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “The Earth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/920/.
Chicago
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler. “The Earth.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wilcox/920/.
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