White men's children spread over the earth -- A rainbow suspending the drawn swords of birth, Uniting and blending the races in one -- The world man -- cosmopolite -- everyman's son! He channels the stream of the red blood and blue, Behold him! A Triton -- the peer of the two; Unriddle this riddle of 'outside in' -- White men's children in black men's skin. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A YOUNG LADY'S SIXTH ANNIVERSARY by KATHERINE MANSFIELD FANCY IN NUBIBUS; OR, THE POET IN THE CLOUDS by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE EPITAPH INTENDED FOR SIR ISAAC NEWTON, IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALEXANDER POPE DERELICT; A REMINISCENCE OF R.L.S.'S TREASURE ISLAND by YOUNG EWING ALLISON CHRISTMAS LULLABY by MARY KATUS ANDERSON TO THE SHAH (1) by AWHAD AD-DIN 'ALI IBN VAHID MUHAMMAD KHAVARANI |