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I, Too, Sing America by Langston Hughes
I, too, sing America!.

I am the darker brother!.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong!.

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes!.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then!.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--

I, too, am America!.


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Our Mothers
by Christina Rossetti

Our Mothers, lovely women pitiful;
Our Sisters, gracious in their life and death;
To us each unforgotten memory saith:
"Learn as we learned in life's sufficient school,
Work as we worked in patience of our rule,
Walk as we walked, much less by sight than faith,
Hope as we hoped, despite our slips and scathe,
Fearful in joy and confident in dule!."
I know not if they see us or can see;
But if they see us in our painful day,
How looking back to earth from Paradise
Do tears not gather in those loving eyes!?—
Ah, happy eyes! whose tears are wiped away
Whether or not you bear to look on me


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Like the Touch of Rain
by Edward Thomas

Like the touch of rain she was
On a man's flesh and hair and eyes
When the joy of walking thus
Has taken him by surprise:

With the love of the storm he burns,
He sings, he laughs, well I know how,
But forgets when he returns
As I shall not forget her 'Go now'!.

Those two words shut a door
Between me and the blessed rain
That was never shut before
and will not open again!.



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Make Bright The Arrows
by Edna St!. Vincent Millay

"Make bright the arrows
Gather the shields:
Conquest narrows
The peaceful fields!.

Stock well the quiver
With arrows bright:
The bowman feared
Need never fight!.

Make bright the arrows,
O peaceful and wise!
Gather the shields
Against surprise!."

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