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
- To The Poet LaureateJustice, May 2, 1885
- The Appeal To PeterThe Vegetarian News, August 1926
- The Modern Guy FawkesThe Commonweal, November 5, 1887
- Scraps from the PressThe Vegetarian Messenger, July 1, 1887
- Hymn of ThanksgivingJustice, December 29, 1900