JAMES WELDON JOHNSON AUTHOR OF "THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN," ETC.
BRANDER MATTHEWS
G. N. F.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
FIFTY YEARS and OTHER POEMS FIFTY YEARS 1863-1913 O brothers
TO AMERICA
O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS
O SOUTHLAND!
To HORACE BUMSTEAD
THE COLOR SERGEANT ( On an Incident at the Battle of San Juan
THE BLACK MAMMY
FATHER, FATHER ABRAHAM ( On the Anniversary of Lincoln's Birth
BROTHERS
FRAGMENT
THE WHITE WITCH
MOTHER NIGHT
THE YOUNG WARRIOR
THE GLORY OF THE DAY WAS IN HER FACE
SONNET ( From the Spanish of PlAcido ) Enough of love! Let
FROM THE SPANISH
FROM THE GERMAN OF UHLAND
BEFORE A PAINTING
I HEAR THE STARS STILL SINGING
GIRL OF FIFTEEN
THE SUICIDE
DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA I Sunrise in the Tropics Sol, Sol, mighty
AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS WAR
A MID-DAY DREAMER
THE TEMPTRESS
GHOSTS OF THE OLD YEAR
THE GHOST OF DEACON BROWN
"LAZY"
OMAR
DEEP IN THE QUIET WOOD
VOLUPTAS
THE WORD OF AN ENGINEER
LIFE
SLEEP
PRAYER AT SUNRISE
THE GIFT TO SING
MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT
HER EYES TWIN POOLS
THE AWAKENING
BEAUTY THAT IS NEVER OLD
VENUS IN A GARDEN
VASHTI
THE REWARD
JINGLES and CROONS
SENCE YOU WENT AWAY
MA LADY'S LIPS AM LIKE DE HONEY ( Negro Love Song ) Breeze
TUNK ( A Lecture on Modern Education ) Look heah, Tunk! Now,
NOBODY'S LOOKIN' BUT DE OWL AND DE MOON ( A Negro Serenade ) De
YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES DE SAME ( Lullaby ) Shet yo' eyes,
A PLANTATION BACCHANAL
JULY IN GEORGY
A BANJO SONG
ANSWER TO PRAYER
DAT GAL O' MINE
THE SEASONS
POSSUM SONG ( A Warning ) 'Simmons ripenin' in de fall, You
BRER RABBIT, YOU'S DE CUTES' OF 'EM ALL
AN EXPLANATION
DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP
THE RIVALS
