EBONY On watching a beautiful black arm opening a Venetian Lantern at Fleur de Lys
Jeannette Augustus Marks
Ebony, Ebony,
Dreaming of a rose,
Flame in the flower-heart,
Dusk in repose;
Jeweled eyes glistening,
Dew on the leaf,
Sweet to Africa
Is the thought of her grief.
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