The World’s great Wrong cries out; you do not heed,
But drivel rot with heaven-uplifted eyes,
Then creep away behind a cloud of lies
To kiss the palsied hand of murderous Greed.
-Ralph Chaplin
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Hellraisers Journal, Monday December 17, 1917
A Rebel Verse from Ralph Chaplin
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SOURCE & IMAGE
When the Leaves Come Out
And Other Rebel Verses
-by Ralph Chaplin
Cleveland, Ohio, 1917
https://archive.org/stream/whenleavescomeou00chap#page/n5/mode/2up
“You Preachers of ‘Morals'”
https://archive.org/stream/whenleavescomeou00chap#page/18/mode/2up
See also:
Tag: Ralph Chaplin
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The Preacher and the Slave – John Shreve and Stephan Gatti
Lyrics by Joe Hill
http://unionsong.com/u010.html