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Gwendolyn Bennett: I shall sing...

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I shall sing a lullaby
To the song I have made
Of your hair and eyes . . .
And you will never know
That deep in my heart
I shelter a song of you.

Source: Secret, quoted in Words to Make My Dream Children Live, by Deirdre Mullane, 1995.
-- Gwendolyn Bennett, (Jul 8 1902-1981), US poet, artist; Her poetry reflected themes of the New Negro Era -- racial pride, rediscovery of Africa, celebration of blackness.

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