Fifty Years, & Other Poems

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Fifty Years, & Other Poems by James Weldon Johnson.

Contents

• FIFTY YEARS & OTHER POEMS5
• JAMES WELDON JOHNSON6
• AUTHOR OF "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN," ETC.6
• With an Introduction by6
• BRANDER MATTHEWS7
• THE CORNHILL COMPANY BOSTON 19177
• G. N. F.8
• ACKNOWLEDGMENT9
• INTRODUCTION13
• FIFTY YEARS & OTHER POEMS15
• FIFTY YEARS 1863-191315
• TO AMERICA19
• O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS20
• O SOUTHLAND!22
• To HORACE BUMSTEAD24
• THE COLOR SERGEANT25
• (On an Incident at the Battle of San Juan Hill)25
• THE BLACK MAMMY26
• FATHER, FATHER ABRAHAM27
• (On the Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth)27
• BROTHERS28
• FRAGMENT31
• THE WHITE WITCH33
• MOTHER NIGHT35
• THE YOUNG WARRIOR36
• THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE37
• SONNET38
• (From the Spanish of Plácido)38
• FROM THE SPANISH39
• FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND40
• BEFORE A PAINTING41
• I HEAR THE STARS STILL SINGING42
• GIRL OF FIFTEEN43
• THE SUICIDE44
• DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA45
• I Sunrise in the Tropics45
• II Los Cigarillos45
• III Teestay46
• IV The Lottery Girl47
• V The Dancing Girl48
• VI Sunset in the Tropics49
• AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS WAR51
• A MID-DAY DREAMER53
• THE TEMPTRESS54
• GHOSTS OF THE OLD YEAR55
• THE GHOST OF DEACON BROWN57
• "LAZY"59
• OMAR61
• DEEP IN THE QUIET WOOD62
• VOLUPTAS63
• THE WORD OF AN ENGINEER64
• LIFE66
• SLEEP67
• PRAYER AT SUNRISE68
• THE GIFT TO SING69
• MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT70
• HER EYES TWIN POOLS71
• THE AWAKENING72
• BEAUTY THAT IS NEVER OLD73
• VENUS IN A GARDEN74
• VASHTI75
• THE REWARD77
• JINGLES & CROONS78
• SENCE YOU WENT AWAY79
• MA LADY'S LIPS AM LIKE DE HONEY80
• (Negro Love Song)80
• TUNK82
• (A Lecture on Modern Education)82
• NOBODY'S LOOKIN' BUT DE OWL AND DE MOON84
• (A Negro Serenade)84
• YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES DE SAME85
• (Lullaby)85
• A PLANTATION BACCHANAL86
• JULY IN GEORGY88
• A BANJO SONG89
• ANSWER TO PRAYER90
• DAT GAL O' MINE91
• THE SEASONS92
• 'POSSUM SONG93
• (A Warning)93
• BRER RABBIT, YOU'S DE CUTES' OF 'EM ALL96
• AN EXPLANATION98
• DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP99
• THE RIVALS100
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE106

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