PoemPermanent catalogue Work

Songs of Harlem

Alternate title:A Negro Girl
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Category
Historical and Observational
SectionPoetry for Friends

Opening lines

Favored child of a lucky star, born in a tolerant land —Yet she hummed a wild barbaric tune that she did not understand.

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