Poor Man's Lamentation
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The earth would be a holy place
Around for Angels Fix
Oh, were it not for the unquiet race
That thickly tenants fit
There is enough, enough for all!
And much besides is far
Yet hundreds daily, hourly fall
From wanton, woe and care
The poor men work and plough until,
In cultivate the soil
The rich men reap and spend at will
The profits of their toil
Why is at first we did create
Lords, senators and Kings?
To trample down their fellow men
As mean and soulless things
Now lust for fleeting life
Has made a chilling scene
Of warren woe and theft and strife
And scarce a joy between
Keep craft and priesthood side by side
Rain pregnant through the land
While crime and luxury and pride
Go hand in hand
Oh sweet Earth our Paradise
Of all things Bright and Fair
But maybe such [?] man alas
Has filled me with such despair
The earth would be a holy place
As paradise above
Could we but teach the human race
Equality and love
The earth would be a holy place
As paradise above,
Could we but teach the human race
Equality and love
The earth would be a holy place
As paradise above,
Could we but teach the human race
Equality and love
The earth would be a holy place
As paradise above,
Could we but teach the human race
Equality and love!