Poem

One-man-one-vote

by Henry Lawson · 1891

"ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE!" You hear the people shouting. The walls of Mammon tremble ere they fall.ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE! Is this a time for doubting? The poets have been prophets after all.
ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE! The cry is growing stronger! ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE! It echoes o'er the wave!ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE! The Wealthy dead no longer Shall rule us through their children from the grave!
ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE! The knell of Retrogression! The greatest triumph of the tongue and pen!ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE! The right of long possession Is right no longer in the minds of men!
ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE! There's lightning in the thunder! ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE! The reign of Greed is o'er!ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE! The cursed Vote of Plunder Shall rule the plundered slaves of earth no more.
ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE! We're waking from our slumbers, ONE-MAN-ONE-VOTE! To rule the fields we farmed!If thus we triumph with diminished numbers, What will the triumph be when all are armed?
Sources, publication & text notesReference details
Canonical recordPOEM-000415
Copy-textProject Gutenberg Australia, Collected Poems of Henry Lawson (2022), anchor p135; selected digital copy-text retained exactly; wording and layout confirmed against Ironbark Resources under D-180
Source recordSRC-000066
Rights determinationRGT-000577
Text statusCANONICAL TEXT READY
TranscriptionDIPLOMATIC_D208_D180

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