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THE BOOK OF AMERICAN NEGRO POETRY
CONTENTS
- PREFACE
PREFACE
THE BOOK OF AMERICAN NEGRO POETRY
- A NEGRO LOVE SONG[1]
  - LITTLE BROWN BABY
  - SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT
  - LOVER'S LANE
  - THE DEBT
  - THE HAUNTED OAK
  - WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT
  - A DEATH SONG
  - NEGRO SERENADE
  - DE CUNJAH MAN
  - UNCLE EPH'S BANJO SONG
  - OL' DOC' HYAR
  - WHEN OL' SIS' JUDY PRAY
  - COMPENSATION
  - AT THE CLOSED GATE OF JUSTICE
  - PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
  - THE NEGRO SINGER
  - THE ROAD TO THE BOW
  - IN THE MATTER OF TWO MEN
  - AN INDIGNATION DINNER
  - DREAM AND THE SONG
  - 'WEH DOWN SOUF
  - HOG MEAT
  - DUSK SONG
  - IT WAS NOT FATE
  - A LITANY OF ATLANTA
  - DOGWOOD BLOSSOMS
  - A BUTTERFLY IN CHURCH
  - THE HILLS OF SEWANEE
  - THE FEET OF JUDAS
  - SANDY STAR AND WILLIE GEE
  - SANDY STAR
  - DEL CASCAR
  - TURN ME TO MY YELLOW LEAVES
  - IRONIC: LL.D.
  - SCINTILLA
  - SIC VITA
  - RHAPSODY
  - STANZAS FROM THE FLEDGLING BARD AND THE POETRY SOCIETY
  - O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS
  - SENCE YOU WENT AWAY
  - THE CREATION
  - THE WHITE WITCH
  - MOTHER NIGHT
  - O SOUTHLAND!
  - BROTHERS
  - MISS MELERLEE
  - CALLING THE DOCTOR
  - THE CORN SONG
  - BLACK MAMMIES
  - TUSKEGEE
  - CHRISTMAS AT MELROSE
  - SUMMER MAGIC
  - THE TEACHER
  - A SONG OF THANKS
  - TIME TO DIE
  - 'ITTLE TOUZLE HEAD
  - ZALKA PEETRUZA
  - SPRIN' FEVAH
  - DE DRUM MAJAH
  - CHILDREN OF THE SUN
  - THE NEW DAY
  - TIRED
  - THE BANJO PLAYER
  - THE SCARLET WOMAN
  - THE RUBINSTEIN STACCATO ETUDE
  - THE HEART OF A WOMAN
  - YOUTH
  - LOST ILLUSIONS
  - I WANT TO DIE WHILE YOU LOVE ME
  - WELT
  - MY LITTLE DREAMS
  - THE LYNCHING
  - IF WE MUST DIE
  - TO THE WHITE FIENDS
  - THE HARLEM DANCER
  - HARLEM SHADOWS
  - AFTER THE WINTER
  - SPRING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
  - THE TIRED WORKER
  - THE BARRIER
  - TO O. E. A.
  - FLAME-HEART
  - TWO-AN'-SIX
  - A PRAYER
  - AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY?
  - IS IT BECAUSE I AM BLACK?
  - THE BAND OF GIDEON
  - RAIN MUSIC
  - SUPPLICATION
  - LA VIE C'EST LA VIE
  - CHRISTMAS EVE IN FRANCE
  - DEAD FIRES
  - ORIFLAMME
  - OBLIVION
  - BEFORE THE FEAST OF SHUSHAN
  - AT THE CARNIVAL
  - THE WIFE-WOMAN
  - TRANSLATION
  - DUNBAR
  - WHY ADAM SINNED
  - THE RAIN SONG
  - KEEP ME, JESUS, KEEP ME
  - WINTER IS COMING
  - SONNET
  - A LITTLE CABIN
  - NEGRO POETS
  - THE DAWN'S AWAKE!
  - THE WASHER-WOMAN
  - THE BIG BELL IN ZION
  - STAR OF ETHIOPIA
  - TWO POINTS OF VIEW
  - TO OUR FRIENDS
  - MY HERO
  - CHAUCER
  - TO A SKULL
- LITTLE BROWN BABY
- SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT
- LOVER'S LANE
- THE DEBT
- THE HAUNTED OAK
- WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT
- A DEATH SONG
- NEGRO SERENADE
- DE CUNJAH MAN
- UNCLE EPH'S BANJO SONG
- OL' DOC' HYAR
- WHEN OL' SIS' JUDY PRAY
- COMPENSATION
- AT THE CLOSED GATE OF JUSTICE
- PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
- THE NEGRO SINGER
- THE ROAD TO THE BOW
- IN THE MATTER OF TWO MEN
- AN INDIGNATION DINNER
- DREAM AND THE SONG
- 'WEH DOWN SOUF
- HOG MEAT
- DUSK SONG
- IT WAS NOT FATE
- A LITANY OF ATLANTA
- DOGWOOD BLOSSOMS
- A BUTTERFLY IN CHURCH
- THE HILLS OF SEWANEE
- THE FEET OF JUDAS
- SANDY STAR AND WILLIE GEE
- SANDY STAR
- DEL CASCAR
- TURN ME TO MY YELLOW LEAVES
- IRONIC: LL.D.
- SCINTILLA
- SIC VITA
- RHAPSODY
- STANZAS FROM THE FLEDGLING BARD AND THE POETRY SOCIETY
- O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS
- SENCE YOU WENT AWAY
- THE CREATION
- THE WHITE WITCH
- MOTHER NIGHT
- O SOUTHLAND!
- BROTHERS
- MISS MELERLEE
- CALLING THE DOCTOR
- THE CORN SONG
- BLACK MAMMIES
- TUSKEGEE
- CHRISTMAS AT MELROSE
- SUMMER MAGIC
- THE TEACHER
- A SONG OF THANKS
- TIME TO DIE
- 'ITTLE TOUZLE HEAD
- ZALKA PEETRUZA
- SPRIN' FEVAH
- DE DRUM MAJAH
- CHILDREN OF THE SUN
- THE NEW DAY
- TIRED
- THE BANJO PLAYER
- THE SCARLET WOMAN
- THE RUBINSTEIN STACCATO ETUDE
- THE HEART OF A WOMAN
- YOUTH
- LOST ILLUSIONS
- I WANT TO DIE WHILE YOU LOVE ME
- WELT
- MY LITTLE DREAMS
- THE LYNCHING
- IF WE MUST DIE
- TO THE WHITE FIENDS
- THE HARLEM DANCER
- HARLEM SHADOWS
- AFTER THE WINTER
- SPRING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
- THE TIRED WORKER
- THE BARRIER
- TO O. E. A.
- FLAME-HEART
- TWO-AN'-SIX
- A PRAYER
- AND WHAT SHALL YOU SAY?
- IS IT BECAUSE I AM BLACK?
- THE BAND OF GIDEON
- RAIN MUSIC
- SUPPLICATION
- LA VIE C'EST LA VIE
- CHRISTMAS EVE IN FRANCE
- DEAD FIRES
- ORIFLAMME
- OBLIVION
- BEFORE THE FEAST OF SHUSHAN
- AT THE CARNIVAL
- THE WIFE-WOMAN
- TRANSLATION
- DUNBAR
- WHY ADAM SINNED
- THE RAIN SONG
- KEEP ME, JESUS, KEEP ME
- WINTER IS COMING
- SONNET
- A LITTLE CABIN
- NEGRO POETS
- THE DAWN'S AWAKE!
- THE WASHER-WOMAN
- THE BIG BELL IN ZION
- STAR OF ETHIOPIA
- TWO POINTS OF VIEW
- TO OUR FRIENDS
- MY HERO
- CHAUCER
- TO A SKULL
APPENDIX
- PLÁCIDO'S SONNET TO HIS MOTHER
  - DESPIDA A MI MADRE
  - FAREWELL TO MY MOTHER
  - PLÁCIDO'S FAREWELL TO HIS MOTHER
- DESPIDA A MI MADRE
- FAREWELL TO MY MOTHER
- PLÁCIDO'S FAREWELL TO HIS MOTHER
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF AUTHORS
INDEX OF TITLES
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