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 Cry of the Might Have BeenThe Vegetarian News, June 1926
- The Song of the RespectablesThe Commonweal, May 31, 1890
- The Village ButcherThe Food Reform Magazine, January-March 1884
- To The Poet LaureateJustice, May 2, 1885
- The Visit of the TzarJustice, July 31, 1909