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FIFTY YEARS & OTHER POEMS BY JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

AUTHOR OF

"THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN EX-COLORED MAN," ETC.

With an Introduction by

BRANDER MATTHEWS

THE CORNHILL COMPANY BOSTON 1917 To

G. N. F. ACKNOWLEDGMENT CONTENTS INTRODUCTION FIFTY YEARS & OTHER POEMS

FIFTY YEARS 1863-1913

TO AMERICA O BLACK AND UNKNOWN BARDS O SOUTHLAND! To HORACE BUMSTEAD THE COLOR SERGEANT

(On an Incident at the Battle of San Juan Hill)

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 Plácido)

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 II Los Cigarillos III Teestay IV The Lottery Girl V The Dancing Girl VI Sunset in the Tropics

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 & CROONS SENCE YOU WENT AWAY MA LADY'S LIPS AM LIKE DE HONEY

(Negro Love Song)

TUNK

(A Lecture on Modern Education)

NOBODY'S LOOKIN' BUT DE OWL AND DE MOON

(A Negro Serenade)

YOU'S SWEET TO YO' MAMMY JES DE SAME

(Lullaby)

A PLANTATION BACCHANAL JULY IN GEORGY A BANJO SONG ANSWER TO PRAYER DAT GAL O' MINE THE SEASONS 'POSSUM SONG

(A Warning)

BRER RABBIT, YOU'S DE CUTES' OF 'EM ALL AN EXPLANATION DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP THE RIVALS