Theres still with us much sorrow and sin, Injustice, oppression, wrong and hate. Still does Arrogance deaden Conscience, Rob struggling souls of een the crumbs Of pity, and make, of loathsome flesh And crumbling dust, fair-seeming Idols For worship. Still does Ignorance blow A mighty Horn and try to shame True wisdom. Still do men drive slaves, Protesting smoothly the end of Slavery! Still does Greed devour the substance Of helpless ones within her power. Nay, more, the fine Individual Voice Is smothered in the raucous din Of groups and crowds that madly shout What they call Slogans New, Old Falsehood long discredited... ~ Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:35:04 +0000