The Negro in English Literature: A Critical IntroductionA. H. Stockwell, 1962 - 176 pages |
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... Thou Black , wherein all colours are compos'd And unto which they all at last return ; Thou colour of the sun where it doth burn , And shadow where it cools ; in these is clos'd Whatever nature can , or hath disposed In any other Hue ...
... Thou Black , wherein all colours are compos'd And unto which they all at last return ; Thou colour of the sun where it doth burn , And shadow where it cools ; in these is clos'd Whatever nature can , or hath disposed In any other Hue ...
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... thou art , Had nature but lent thee thy mother's look , Villain , thou might'st have been an emperor : But where the bull and the cow are both milk - white , They never do beget a coal - black calf . Here he laments the restricting ...
... thou art , Had nature but lent thee thy mother's look , Villain , thou might'st have been an emperor : But where the bull and the cow are both milk - white , They never do beget a coal - black calf . Here he laments the restricting ...
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... thou , whose impious avarice and pride Thy God's blest symbol to my brows deny'd , Forbad me or the rights of man to claim , Or share with thee a Christian's hallowed name , Thou , too , farewell ! -for not beyond the grave , Thy power ...
... thou , whose impious avarice and pride Thy God's blest symbol to my brows deny'd , Forbad me or the rights of man to claim , Or share with thee a Christian's hallowed name , Thou , too , farewell ! -for not beyond the grave , Thy power ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Shakespeare and the Man of Colour | 23 |
The Negro and Colour in Poetry | 48 |
Copyright | |
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