Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE WHITE CHRISTS, by GUY FITCH PHELPS


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THE WHITE CHRISTS, by                    
First Line: The white christs come from the east
Last Line: Till the black christs shall be born.
Subject(s): African Americans; Jesus Christ; War; Negroes; American Blacks


The White Christs come from the East,
And they follow the way of the sun;
And they smile, as Pale Men ask them to
At the things Pale Men have done;
For the White Christs sanction the sum of things—
Faggot and club and gun.

Whine of the groaning car,
Caste, which divides like a wall;
Curse of the raw-sored soul;
Doom of the great and small;
The White Christs fashioned by Pale White Men
Sanction and bless it all.

Prophets of truth have said
That Afric and Ind must mourn;
And the children of Oman weep
Trampled and slashed and torn,
Keeping the watch with brown Cathay
Till the Black Christs shall be born.





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