O Mother Race! to thee I bring
This pledge of faith unwavering,
This tribute to thy glory.
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De win' is hollahin' 'Daih you' to de shuttahs an' de fiah,
De snow's a-sayin' 'Got you' to de groun',
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A cloud fell down from the heavens,
And broke on the mountain's brow;
It scattered the dusky fragments
All over the vale below.
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Night is for sorrow and dawn is for joy,
Chasing the troubles that fret and annoy;
Darkness for sighing and daylight for song,--
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He had his dream, and all through life,
Worked up to it through toil and strife.
Afloat fore'er before his eyes,
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I GREW a rose within a garden fair,
And, tending it with more than loving care,
I thought how, with the glory of its bloom,
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Oh, summer has clothed the earth
In a cloak from the loom of the sun!
And a mantle, too, of the skies' soft blue,
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I
Love is the light of the world, my dear,
Heigho, but the world is gloomy;
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SWING yo' lady roun' an' roun',
Do de bes' you know;
Mek yo' bow an' p'omenade
Up an' down de flo';
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