His theme is Exploitation: the rich Few
Battening on labour of the Many. True—
But look within his larder. Will he dine
Himself on limbs of slaughtered sheep and kine?
Are those poor sufferers not exploited too?
The Vegetarian Messenger and Health Review, Vol. 25 No. 2, February 1928, p. 21
More Verses by Henry Salt
- The Song of the RespectablesThe Commonweal, May 31, 1890
- The Cry of the Might Have BeenThe Vegetarian News, June 1926
- We British WorkmenThe Labour Leader, May 26, 1894
- ValentineJustice, February 12, 1887
- Hymn to MalthusJustice, September 5, 1885