Behold in bonds your Mother Earth, The rich man’s prostitute and slave! Your Mother Earth who gave you birth, You only own her for a grave! And will you die like slaves and see Your Mother left a fettered thrall? Nay, live like men, and set her free As heritage for all.

— GERALD MASSEY, The Earth for All, My Lyrical Life, 2d Series, pp. 232-3.