The Black Christ & Other Poems
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Other Books by
COUNTEE CULLEN
COLOR
COPPER SUN
THE BALLAD OF THE BROWN GIRL
CAROLING DUSK
An Anthology of Verse by Negro Poets
Harper & Brothers Publishers
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THE
BLACK CHRIST
& Other Poems
By
COUNTEE CULLEN
With Decorations by
CHARLES CULLEN
Harper & Brothers Publishers
New York and London
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The Black Christ & Other Poems Copyright 1929, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the U. S. A. *
FIRST EDITION
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A Book for Three Friends
EDWARD
ROBERTA
HAROLD
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¶ Acknowledgment for permission to reprint certain of these poems is made to the following magazines and collections in the pages of which they first appeared:
¶ Grateful appreciation is also conveyed to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation by the aid of whose grant many of these poems were written.
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Varia
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To the Three for Whom the Book
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Tribute
(To My Mother)
[10]
That Bright Chimeric Beast
(For Lynn Riggs)
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At the Etoile
(At the Unknown Soldier’s Grave in Paris)
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Two Epitaphs
1 For the Unknown Soldier (Paris)
2 For a Child Still-born
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To an Unknown Poet
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Little Sonnet to Little Friends
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Mood
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Counter Mood
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The Wind and the Weather
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In the Midst of Life
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Minutely Hurt
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Never the Final Stone
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Light Lady
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By Their Fruits
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A Miracle Demanded
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Tongue-tied
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Ultima Verba
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The Foolish Heart
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A Wish
[32]
For Helen Keller
[33]
Asked and Answered
[34]
Two Poets
1
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2
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Not Sacco and Vanzetti
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A Song No Gentleman Would Sing to Any Lady
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Self Criticism
[39]
A Thorn Forever in the Breast
[40]
The Proud Heart
[41]
Interlude
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The Simple Truth
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Therefore, Adieu
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At a Parting
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Dictum
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Revelation
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Bright Bindings
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Ghosts
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Song in Spite of Myself
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Nothing Endures
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There Must Be Words
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One Day I Told My Love
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Lesson
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The Street Called Crooked
(Le Havre, August 1928)
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The Law That Changeth Not
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Valedictory
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Color
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To Certain Critics
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Black Majesty
(After reading John W. Vandercook’s chronicle of sable glory)
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Song of Praise
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The Black Christ
(Hopefully dedicated to White America)
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The Black Christ
1
2
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Paris, January 31, 1929.
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