Versos English Marie Van Vorst Ix

English poem

Ix

by (1867–1936)

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Misery, Is in the hut for the worker there; What for his eyes to see?-- Children, that dumbly ask for things He knows not of, nor they know who plead! More than a garment for nakedness, Or warmth from woe that the winter brings, Or bread--that, God! is a want indeed!