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VANITY by BIRAGO DIOP

Poem Explanation

First Line: IF WE TELL, GENTLY, GENTLY
Last Line: WHAT EAR TO OUR SOBBING HEARTS?

Poem Sources:

THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN AFRICAN POETRY. EDITED BY GERALD MOORE AND ULLI BEIER. 3RD EDITION.
  MOORE, GERALD (ED.)
  (1984)
 
WORLD POETRY; AN ANTHOLOGY OF VERSE FROM ANTIQUITY TO OUR TIME. KATHARINE WASHBURN & JOHN S. MAJORS, EDITORS. CLIFTON FADIMAN, GENERAL EDITOR.
  WASHBURN, KATHARINE (ED.)
  (1998)
 
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF MODERN AFRICAN POETRY. EDITED BY GERALD MOORE AND ULLI BEIER. 4TH EDITION.
  MOORE, GERALD (ED.)
  (1998)
 



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