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Arna Bontemps, "The Day-Breakers" (1926)
12022-07-11T15:15:35-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e12131plain2022-07-11T15:15:35-04:0002/01/1926Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1We are not come to wage a strife With swords upon this hill, It is not wise to waste the life Against a stubborn will. Yet would we die as some have done: Beating a way for the rising sun.