The Poor Voter on Election Day
\nby
\nJohn Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892)<\/p>\n
The proudest now is but my peer,
\nThe highest not more high;
\nToday, of all the weary year,
\nA king of men am I.<\/p>\n
Today, alike the great and small,
\nThe nameless and the known;
\nMy palace is the people’s hall,
\nThe ballot-box my throne!<\/p>\n
Who serves today upon the list
\nBeside the served shall stand;
\nAlike the brown and wrinkled fist,
\nThe gloved and dainty hand!<\/p>\n
The rich is level with the poor,
\nThe weak is strong today;
\nAnd sleekest broadcloth counts no more
\nThan homespun frock of gray.<\/p>\n
Today let pomp and vain pretense
\nMy stubborn right abide;
\nI set a plain man’s common sense
\nAgainst the pedant’s pride.<\/p>\n
Today shall simple manhood try
\nThe strength of gold and land;
\nThe wide world has not wealth to buy
\nThe power in my right hand!<\/p>\n
While there’s grief to set redress,
\nOr balance to adjust,
\nWhere weighs our living manhood less
\nThan Mammon’s vilest dust-<\/p>\n
While there’s a right to need my vote,
\nA wrong to sweep away,
\nUp! clouted knee and ragged coat!
\nA man’s a man today!<\/p>\n
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