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Thu, 24.09.2009

RHAPSODY by William Stanley Braithwaite.

I am glad daylong for the gift of song,
For time and change and sorrow;
For the sunset wings and the world-end things
Which hang on the edge of tomorrow.

I am glad for the heart whose gates apart
Are the entrance-place of wonders,
Where dreams come from the rush and din
Like sheep from the rains and thunders…

Copright 1948 by William Stanley Braithwaite.

Reference:
William S. Brathwaite

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Thu, 24.09.2009

A BLACK MAN TALKS OF REAPING by Arna Bontemps.

I have sown beside all waters in my day.
I planted deep, within my heart the fear That wind or fowl would take the grain away.

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Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too. Once I redemption neither sought... ON BEING BROUGHT FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA by Phyllis Wheatley.
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