Poems is an 1895 collection of poetry by Frances E.W. Harper. In one of Harper's poems, the speaker criticizes activists who champion humanitarian causes in other countries while overlooking local concerns, saying, ______
Which quotation from Poems most effectively illustrates the claim?
"Men may tread down the poor and lowly, / May crush them in anger and hate, / But surely the mills of God's justice / Will grind out the grist of their fate." (from "An Appeal to My Countrywomen")
A
"When ye plead for the wrecked and fallen, / The exile from far-distant shores, / Remember that men are still wasting / Life's crimson around your own doors." (from "An Appeal to My Countrywomen")
B
"God bless our native land, / Land of the newly free, / Oh may she ever stand / For truth and liberty." (from "God Bless Our Native Land")
C
"Let me make the songs for the people, / Songs for the old and young; / Songs to stir like a battle-cry / Wherever they are sung." (from "Songs for the People")