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''Meanwhile, the men, with vestiges of pomp,
Race memories of king and caravan,
High-priests, an ostrich, and a juju-man,
Go singing through the footpaths of the swamp.''
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Jean Toomer (1894-1967), U.S. poet. Georgia Dusk (l. 17-20). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. ...
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''O singers, resinous and soft your songs
Above the sacred whisper of the pines,
Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,
Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs.''
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Jean Toomer (1894-1967), U.S. poet. Georgia Dusk (l. 25-28). . .
Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, The. Richard Ellmann and Robert O'Clair, eds. ...
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