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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE FIGURE OF A NEGRO SUPPORTING A DIAL (IN FRONT OF ARLEY HALL), by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON Poet's Biography
First Line: To those critics one word, who the reason implore
Last Line: A negro of course should be near an egress.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Blacks; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry
First Line: To those critics one word, who the reason implore
Last Line: A negro of course should be near an egress.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Blacks; Racism; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry
TO those critics one word, who the reason implore,
Why I place a black statue in front of my door?
I think it a well chosen spot, I confess;
A negro of course should be near an egress.
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