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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by FREDERICK DOUGLASS First Line: We raise the wheat Last Line: And say dat's good enough for nigger. Alternate Author Name(s): Bailey, Frederick Augustus Washington | |||
We raise the wheat. Dey gib us de corn: We bake de bread, Dey gib us de crust We sif de meal, Dey gib us de skin; And dat's the way Dey take us in; We skim de pot, Dey gib us de liquor, We raise the wheat And say dat's good enough for nigger. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SHIPWRECK, SELECTION by WILLIAM FALCONER LITANY by ROBERT GRANT (1785-1838) THE LAST POST by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES TO MY MERE ENGLISH CENSURER by BEN JONSON WINTER'S EVENING HYMN TO MY FIRE by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL ODE TO THE MAGUIRE by EOCHADH O'HUSSEY A FRAGMENT OF AN EPIC POEM, OCCASIONED BY THE LOSS OF A GAME by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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