What mean ye that ye bruise and bind <br />My people, saith the Lord, <br />And starve your craving brother's mind, <br />Who asks to hear my word? <br /> <br />What mean ye that ye make them toil, <br />Through long and dreary years, <br />And shed like rain upon your soil <br />Their blood and bitter tears? <br /> <br />What mean ye, that ye dare to rend <br />The tender mother's heart? <br />Brothers from sisters, friend from friend, <br />How dare you bid them part? <br /> <br />What mean ye, when God's bounteous hand <br />To you so much has given, <br />That from the slave who tills your land <br />Ye keep both earth and heaven? <br /> <br />When at the judgment God shall call, <br />Where is thy brother? say, <br />What mean ye to the Judge of all <br />To answer on that day?<br /><br />Anonymous Americas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-mean-ye/
