Mary and MagdaleneBy Virginia Cleaver Beacon(In “The Coming Nation.”)
By Virginia Cleaver Beacon
(In “The Coming Nation.”)
Little sister of the street,Do not hurry by!There’s a problem we must meetTogether, you and I.While your head with shame is bowed,While you shun the day,Right forbids that I be proud,Who might have gone your way.Did you find the road too hard,Feet untaught must tread?Was the honest pathway barred,—To this the other led?In a world where all is soldYou have sold yourself;Poor the price the world has doled,You win not even pelf.Little sister of the street,This old wrong must cease!You and I as women meetTo give the world release.
Little sister of the street,Do not hurry by!There’s a problem we must meetTogether, you and I.While your head with shame is bowed,While you shun the day,Right forbids that I be proud,Who might have gone your way.Did you find the road too hard,Feet untaught must tread?Was the honest pathway barred,—To this the other led?In a world where all is soldYou have sold yourself;Poor the price the world has doled,You win not even pelf.Little sister of the street,This old wrong must cease!You and I as women meetTo give the world release.
Little sister of the street,Do not hurry by!There’s a problem we must meetTogether, you and I.
Little sister of the street,
Do not hurry by!
There’s a problem we must meet
Together, you and I.
While your head with shame is bowed,While you shun the day,Right forbids that I be proud,Who might have gone your way.
While your head with shame is bowed,
While you shun the day,
Right forbids that I be proud,
Who might have gone your way.
Did you find the road too hard,Feet untaught must tread?Was the honest pathway barred,—To this the other led?
Did you find the road too hard,
Feet untaught must tread?
Was the honest pathway barred,—
To this the other led?
In a world where all is soldYou have sold yourself;Poor the price the world has doled,You win not even pelf.
In a world where all is sold
You have sold yourself;
Poor the price the world has doled,
You win not even pelf.
Little sister of the street,This old wrong must cease!You and I as women meetTo give the world release.
Little sister of the street,
This old wrong must cease!
You and I as women meet
To give the world release.