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Poems is an 1895 collection of poetry by Frances E.W. Harper. In one of Harper's poems, the speaker suggests that those who mistreat people with less privilege will eventually receive divine judgment for it, saying, _____
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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")
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")
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
"Say not the age is hard and cold—
I think it brave and grand;
When men of diverse sects and creeds
Are clasping hand in hand." (from "The Present Age")
I think it brave and grand;
When men of diverse sects and creeds
Are clasping hand in hand." (from "The Present Age")
C
"God help our native land,
Bring surcease to her strife,
And shower from thy hand
A more abundant life." (from "God Bless Our Native Land")
Bring surcease to her strife,
And shower from thy hand
A more abundant life." (from "God Bless Our Native Land")
D