She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,

I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.

He glides so swiftly Back into the grass— Gives me the courtesy of road To let me pass, That I am half ashamed

It’s such a Bore Being always Poor.

I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… flow of human blood in human veins My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da…

Have you dug the spill Of Sugar Hill? Cast your gims On this sepia thrill: Brown sugar lassie,

That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are w… Her bandage hides two festering so… That once perhaps were eyes.

The night is beautiful, So the faces of my people. The stars are beautiful, So the eyes of my people. Beautiful, also, is the sun.