The Social Cain.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 62, 17 May 1912, Page 5

The Social Cain.

, ~ By EDWARD TREGEAR. "And the Lord said unto Cain, Vt'lieri; is Abel ihv brother? An<l ho said, 1. know noi : ;nn 1. my brothor'a keeper?" Where is thy brother, Cain? Tin , re in I (u> rain and biting wind, Workle.ss and ragged, shivering in tho siime; I'Vaiful oi "iir.iro," fiir tlx'i'o lurks God* last, curse, I'Vnrr nf fiiniii.: , in his children's oyoa. V.'iM-ro is thy bruth-M , , Cain? Them in lli<> :i'iik of ]>it :itid inino ; I'lhto, in 'ih' , ii'iinl'rou-: dust of pjrindiu'i blades ; Tlier- , , i;-i ilp , licat from inoJton sltH'l; 'I'luTv , , in the frozen .spindrift of Uio sea. There is thy brother, Cain ! iN'lm't-o is thy sisl-er. Cain? Wii.li '.veriod Imllmv r!n-e:, s s | ;( , stands and wails, M.'i- <-!)>"]dr,'i! .••:.rr; ( ;ci'd t> ~,il u'ikJs ; C"p|:l'.l-vict.!i:!S oi tin , sleepless VUliipin*i'ari)), C"'i'.id-i!iarivrs of the «1 runin<«- fa<tory- - vlh-!s. U'ljei-e is tliy sister, Cain? t.'vii; ■■! ?■>' d. alii thy younger sister moves ; H;u ti-j-3 for liiead her innocent lost soul ; I,:;-; her -v.voot bosom to the spitting; inotiths Of I hose v.h i li.ivo des]i liled Ikt lioritaf r o. 'l'liove is thy sister, Cain! "Thy brother's keeper?" Sny. Thou art i'l truth The K'vMi.'t- of the «i\U>* <;f Death an<! I'ell. Thou l"itl:'-i Anguish into lii'lvcsl 11.-.v.-on ; (!re;it waves of pain submerge the en Uiroics; JJut. Ood a'vnhr.s! lo -rasp (he levinholt. To blast wi'h livin , .; fire our soci-il C:n"n, And seal eternal darkness on bis oyea. — "N.Z. Times."

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