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THE POOR VOTER ON ELECTION DAY.

2 Who serves today upon the list Beside the served shall stand;
. . . . Be - side the served shall stand;
Alike the brown and wrinkled fist, The gloved and dainty hand!
The rich is level with the poor. The weak is strong today;
The sleekest broadcloth counts no more Than homespun frock of gray.
3.Today let pomp and vain pretense My stubborn right abide;
. . . . . My stub - born right abide;
I set a plain man's common sense Against the pedant's pride.
Today shall simple manhood try The strength of gold and land; :The wide world has not wealth to buy The power in my right hand!
4.While there's a grief to seek redress, Or balance to adjust,
. . . . . Or balance to adjust,
Where weighs our living manhood less Than Mammon's vilest dust,
While there's a right to need my vote, A wrong to sweep away, Up!
clouted knee and ragged coat! A man's a man today!
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