An Introduction to Black Literature in America: From 1746 to the PresentLindsay Patterson Publishers Agency, 1976 - 302 pages |
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Page 98
... gone . No more peck of corn for me , No more , no more ; No more peck of corn for me , Many thousand gone . No more pint of salt for me , No more , no more ; No more pint of salt for me , Many thousand gone . No more driver's lash for ...
... gone . No more peck of corn for me , No more , no more ; No more peck of corn for me , Many thousand gone . No more pint of salt for me , No more , no more ; No more pint of salt for me , Many thousand gone . No more driver's lash for ...
Page 124
... gone ? For how long , how long , I say , how long ? I can hear the whistle blowin ' but I cannot see no train , And ... gone , For so long , so long , so long ! My mind gets to rattlin ' , I feel so bad , Thinkin ' ' bout the bad luck ...
... gone ? For how long , how long , I say , how long ? I can hear the whistle blowin ' but I cannot see no train , And ... gone , For so long , so long , so long ! My mind gets to rattlin ' , I feel so bad , Thinkin ' ' bout the bad luck ...
Page 274
... Gone ... ? WHERE have you gone ... with your confident walk ... with your crooked smile ... ? Come Visit My Garden BEETLES , noisy bumblebees and yellow jackets too , rest , rest awhile . Come visit my garden , come sit with me , come ...
... Gone ... ? WHERE have you gone ... with your confident walk ... with your crooked smile ... ? Come Visit My Garden BEETLES , noisy bumblebees and yellow jackets too , rest , rest awhile . Come visit my garden , come sit with me , come ...
Contents
Introduction Lindsay Patterson | 5 |
A Plan of Peace Office for the United States Benjamin Banneker | 17 |
Poetry | 27 |
Copyright | |
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