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First Line: That dusky child upon your knee
Last Line: That wields the locks of destiny!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): African Americans - Children


That dusky child upon your knee
Is breath of God's eternity;
Direct his vision to the height—
Let naught obscure his royal right.

Although the highways to renown
Are iron-barred by fortune's frown,
'Tis his to forge the master-key
That wields the locks of destiny!





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