The Rivals (James Weldon Johnson Poems)
Look heah! Is I evah tole you 'bout de curious way I wonAnna Liza? Say, I nevah? Well heah's how ...
Look heah! Is I evah tole you 'bout de curious way I wonAnna Liza? Say, I nevah? Well heah's how ...
Young man-Young man-Your arm's too short to box with God.But Jesus spake in a parable, and he said:A certain man ...
ISunrise in the TropicsSol, Sol, mighty lord of the tropic zone,Here I wait with the trembling starsTo see thee once ...
See! There he stands; not brave, but with an airOf sullen stupor. Mark him well! Is heNot more like brute ...
O brothers mine, to-day we standWhere half a century sweeps our ken,Since God, through Lincoln's ready hand,Struck off our bonds ...
I sometimes take you in my dreams to a far-off land I used to know,Back in the ages long ago; ...
(A Funeral Sermon)Weep not, weep not,She is not dead;She's resting in the bosom of Jesus.Heart-broken husband--weep no more;Grief-stricken son--weep no ...
Around the council-board of Hell, with Satan at their head,The Three Great Scourges of humanity sat.Gaunt Famine, with hollow cheek ...
O black and unknown bards of long ago,How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?How, in your darkness, did ...
O, brothers mine, take care! Take care!The great white witch rides out to-night,Trust not your prowess nor your strength;Your only ...
O Lord, we come this morningKnee-bowed and body-bentBefore Thy throne of grace.O Lord--this morning--Bow our hearts beneath our knees,And our ...
The hand of Fate cannot be stayed, The course of Fate cannot be steered, By all the gods that man has made, Nor ...
(A Lecture on Modern Education)Look heah, Tunk! - Now, ain't dis awful! T'ought I sont you off to school.Don't you ...
Tiny bit of humanity,Blessed with your mother's face,And cursed with your father's mind.I say cursed with your father's mind,Because you ...
(A Warning)'Simmons ripenin' in de fall,You better run,Brudder 'Possum, run!Mockin' bird commence to call,You better run, Brudder 'Possum, git out ...
(Negro Love Song)Breeze a-sighin' and a-blowin',Southern summer night.Stars a-gleamin' and a-glowin',Moon jes shinin' right.Strollin', like all lovers do,Down de lane ...
Trade, Trade versus Art,Brain, Brain versus Heart;Oh, the earthiness of these hard-hearted times,When clinking dollars, and jingling dimes,Drown all the ...
Lift ev'ry voice and sing,Till earth and heaven ring,Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;Let our rejoicing riseHigh as the list'ning ...
Once der was a meetin' in de wilderness,All de critters of creation dey was dar;Brer Rabbit, Brer 'Possum, Brer Wolf, ...
Der ain't no use in sayin' de Lawd won't answer prah;If you knows how to ax Him, I knows He's ...
Some men enjoy the constant strifeOf days with work and worry rife,But that is not my dream of life:I think ...
In a backwoods townLived Deacon Brown,And he was a miser old;He would trust no bank,So he dug, and sankIn the ...
Three students once tarried over the Rhine, And into Frau Wirthin's turned to dine. "Say, hostess, have you good beer and wine? And ...
The snow has ceased its fluttering flight,The wind sunk to a whisper light,An ominous stillness fills the night,A pause - ...
Old Devil, when you come with horns and tail,With diabolic grin and crafty leer;I say, such bogey-man devices wholly failTo ...
W'en ole Mister Sun gits tiah'd a-hangin'High up in de sky;W'en der ain't no thunder and light'nin' a-bangin',An' de crap's ...
O Southland! O Southland!Have you not heard the call,The trumpet blown, the word made knownTo the nations, one and all?The ...
(Lullaby)Shet yo' eyes, ma little pickaninny, go to sleepMammy's watchin' by you all de w'ile;Daddy is a-wukin' down in de ...
"She's built of steelFrom deck to keel,And bolted strong and tight;In scorn she'll sailThe fiercest gale,And pierce the darkest night."The ...
Cuddle down, ma honey, in yo' bed,Go to sleep an' res' yo' little head,Been a-kind o' ailin' all de day?Didn't ...
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