African American Poetry (1870-1928): A Digital Anthology

Zora Neale Hurston, "Night" (1922)

Night

When night opens her shining eyes
   And spreads her velvet gown,
She softly paints the purple skies
   In grays of cloudy down. 

Published in Negro World, April 1, 1922

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