fifty years & other poems by james weldon johnson author of
fifty years & other poems by james weldon johnson author of
fifty years & other poems by james weldon johnson author of
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W'en I axed her jes one question der wuz sump'n in her eyes<br />
Made me know der wuz no need o' any answer bein' said,<br />
An' I felt jes like de whole world wuz a-spinnin' 'roun' ma head.<br />
So I said, "Lize, w'en we marry, mus' I weah some sto'-bought clo'es?"<br />
She says, "Jeans is good enough fu' any po' folks, heaben knows!"<br />
_If homely virtues draw from me a tune<br />
In happy jingle or a half-sad croon;<br />
Or if the smoldering future should inspire<br />
My hand to strike the seer's prophetic lyre;<br />
Or if injustice, brutishness and wrong<br />
Should make a blasting trumpet <strong>of</strong> my song;<br />
O God, give beauty and strength--truth to my words,<br />
Oh, may they fall like sweetly cadenced chords,<br />
Or burn like beacon fires from out the dark,<br />
Or speed like arrows, swift and sure, to the mark._
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