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Ajax' Monument.
When in the shadow of the tomb,
My heart shall rest,
Please lay me where spring flowers bloom
On earth's green breast.
My heart shall rest,
Please lay me where spring flowers bloom
On earth's green breast.
Please never in vaulted box place
My lifeless frame,
For it is not the best of grace,
Yes, I am sane.
My lifeless frame,
For it is not the best of grace,
Yes, I am sane.
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In some sweet village of the dead
I'd like to sleep,
Where flowers may deck my little bed,
Where angels creep.
I'd like to sleep,
Where flowers may deck my little bed,
Where angels creep.
And if the children in their roam
Know not the spot;
Enough if but by love alone,
I'm not forgot.
Know not the spot;
Enough if but by love alone,
I'm not forgot.
But I'm a Negro and I need
Not so lament,
For never did a lyncher's creed
Say “monument.”
Not so lament,
For never did a lyncher's creed
Say “monument.”
My God, will the time ever be,
When I can have
Pure thoughts without the lynchers' glee
To make me swear?
When I can have
Pure thoughts without the lynchers' glee
To make me swear?
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