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GETHSEMANE by ARNA BONTEMPS

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First Line: ALL THAT NIGHT I WALKED ALONE AND WEPT
Last Line: I SAID YOUR NAME BUT SILENCE ANSWERED ME
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; GETHSEMANE; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Black_Voices/RbWJDQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=bontemps+gethsemane&pg=PA415&printsec=frontcover


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