<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538376" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Sleepers</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">As I walked down the waterside <br>This silent morning, wet and dark; <br>Before the cocks in farmyards crowed, <br>Before the dogs began to bark; <br>Before the hour of five was struck <br>By old Westminster's mighty clock:</div><div style="margin:10px 0">As I walked down the waterside <br>This morning, in the cold damp air, <br>I saw a hundred women and men <br>Huddled in rags and sleeping there: <br>These people have no work, thought I, <br>And long before their time they die.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">That moment, on the waterside, <br>A lighted car came at a bound; <br>I looked inside, and saw a score <br>Of pale and weary men that frowned; <br>Each man sat in a huddled heap, <br>Carried to work while fast asleep.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ten cars rushed down the waterside <br>Like lighted coffins in the dark; <br>With twenty dead men in each car, <br>That must be brought alive by work: <br>These people work too hard, thought I, <br>And long before their time they die.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Henry+Davies">William Henry Davies</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538376" data-title="The Sleepers de William Henry Davies" data-description="As I walked down the waterside This silent morning, wet and dark; Before the cocks in farmyards crowed, Before the dogs began to bark; Before the hour of five was struck By old Westminster's mighty clock: As I walked down the waterside This..."></div> </div> </div>

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