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?
More Verses by Henry Salt
- Wealth and WantJustice, August 8, 1885
- The Conquering HeroJustice, June 27, 1885
- A Song of “Freedom”Justice, February 14, 1885
- Workman’s Jubilee OdeSocial Democrat, February 1897
- We British WorkmenThe Labour Leader, May 26, 1894