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THE WORLD IS A MIGHTY OGRE by FENTON JOHNSON

First Line: I COULD LOVE HER WITH A LOVE SO WARM
Last Line: HAVE MERCY ON A HUMBLE BARD, O LORD!
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; LONGING; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;

I could love her with a love so warm
You could not break it with a fairy charm;
I could love her with a love so bold
It would not die, e'en tho' the world grew cold.

I cannot cross the bride, nor climb the tower,
I cannot break the spell of magic power;
The rules of man forbid me raise my sword --
Have mercy on a humble bard, O Lord!



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